[78-L] Helen Humes Philo 126 with priceless Lester Young --- Enderman

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Philo 126 Helen Humes, acc. by Lester Young, mislabeled.
Only 3 bids; winning bid $ 39.55.

It's Better To Give Than To Receive / unknown Lester Young side (mis-labeled "See, See, Rider")
Helen Humes and her All-Stars with Lester Young. Side B is an instrumental jam session with 2 saxophones (including Lester Youmg) and a trumpet. Helen Humes is not present.

Apparently this Lester Young rarity went unnoticed by seller & collectors (prob. winner excepted).
It is not mislabeled, but misPRESSED.

The instrumental, mispressed on side B, 22 December 1945, was reissued on Blue Note 2CD of 
the Complete Aladdin Recs of Lester Young (1995), with following note:

"Aladdin 78-126 [sic] contained ... "See See Rider". On a handful of initial copies, an untitled instrumental
(which we are calling "Riffin' Without Helen") was accidentally used in place of See See Rider.
Henry Renard, who purchased one of these at the time of release, notified Jerry Valburn of its existence
and kindly loaned us this priceless disc for transfer."

Considering that Lester Young was [in my opinion] the most influential jazz musician of the century,
influencing bebop, cool, the Herman brothers and West Coast jazz, and all honkers,
- so almost everyone in postwar jazz -
what would be a correct price for this rarity ?

han enderman