[78-L] Specht book

[Taylor Bowie]

Having worked in business with both book collectors and record collectors, 
I've found that each group is always startled that the other group is 
willing to spend a lot of money for material related to  their own 
interests.

I' ve had a lot of jazz and pop music books and autographs pass through my 
hands over the years as both a dealer and a collector.  All I can say is 
I've never had the Specht book and have only seen one other Specht autograph 
offered for sale.

By comparison,  some twenty years ago I had a Gennett Sioux City Six which 
had a Bix signature glued to the label,  It had been clipped from some sales 
receipt from the time he was working in a lumber yard (as I recall) and was 
signed in full Leon Bix Beiderbecke.   At the time that sold for $3,750 so 
250 today for Mr. Specht (and a very scarce book) seems pretty fair.

Taylor B



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Specht book


> Ate van Delden wrote:
>> Yes, I have that book, bought on Oboy for some $ 90 and I still think 
>> that
>> was a high price. But Abe books are offering it for $ 250 now (but then 
>> it
>> has Paul Specht's inscription at the front!)
>>
> I saw that. Yikes! Is there any mention in the book of Lou Calabrese?
> Thanks again for those swell tunes.
>
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