Gioacchino Rossini – El Bel Canto Y El Verismo

About this record

Catalogue 6851244 on London Records is a Spanish LP pressed by Fonogram, S.A. and dated 1983, and its seven tracks gather Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Giordano, Cilea, Mascagni and Leoncavallo on one side of the bel canto to verismo divide. Nine copies are currently listed for sale, with 65 collectors holding one and 3 wanting it.

The record is an opera anthology, so its appeal rests on the Spanish pressing and its label rather than on any single performance.

What drives its value

The price_guide sets the M grade at 3.62 USD and the VG grade at 1.72 USD, so a copy in Mint condition is worth roughly twice a VG copy as an estimate dated to the guide. The VG+ figure of 2.48 USD and the NM figure of 3.24 USD fall between those endpoints, which means the market rewards surface condition more than any other factor here.

The lowest_price of 2.49 USD sits close to the VG+ estimate, and 9 copies are currently for sale, a supply that keeps prices steady. Demand is modest: 65 collectors have the record and 3 want it, so clean copies change hands rather than sell at premiums.

Because this is the Spanish London Records pressing of catalogue 6851244, its position among other_pressings matters, since the country of origin and label edition decide which copy a buyer is actually comparing against.

How to appraise this pressing

Confirm the pressing by reading the catalogue number 6851244 on the spine and front sleeve, then check that the label reads London Records and that the plant credit reads Fonogram, S.A. Matrix and runout details are not supplied in this record's facts, so do not assert a specific dead-wax code; instead, compare the runout against a second copy or a trusted reference listing.

Verify the seven tracks listed against the back cover, because a mismatch in track count would indicate a different release. Grade the LP by playing it on a clean turntable with the sleeve open, listening through both sides for skips and inner-groove distortion, then assign a grade from M down to P using the price_guide tiers.

Record the grade and the price tier you chose, since the estimated values at each grade are what a buyer will use to judge your asking price.

Further reading: grading a record, how to sell vinyl.