Best looking CD/LP for sleeve & artwork

[Brian]

That painting really is excellent. I do wish they'd gone with a design that didn't involve type in all four corners, and cut out the drop shadow, but what a portrait!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I had the Ricci/Sibelius on a Decca WB but disliked the performance. The LP was not in the best of shape but being so collectable I decided to sell it being honest and upfront concerning condition. It was over two years ago but definitely three figures and the buyer was happy with his purchase.

On the subject of Ricci this is a strange one -

 

Ricci and Ansermet are both hugely collectable and together are sure-fire winners. Decca Eclipse was Decca's bargain-basement reissue label. Mostly mono and issued on Eclipse in fake stereo. ECS 746 is unique in being the only LP to receive it's first and only release in the UK (there was a full price issue in the US). In real stereo, popular composer and artists and yet Decca only put it out on the cheapest label in their catalogue! Very strange. My theory is, as the sound is excellent, artistic. I think the more knowledgeable GMG would throw their hands up at the second movement of the second concerto. Even to my cloth ears it doesn't sound right.
The price I paid is on the sticker at top right of inner sleeve.