[78-L] When the Holy Grail of 78s appears, what should you do?

[Dnjchi at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/2009 11:11:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bratcher at pdq.net writes:

Try  dropping $400 at a record collector show for a near mint 45 of 
Mickey  Gilley's first record that he ever made. It was on the Minor 
label &  yes I still own it. Another record I picked up at a different 
collector  show was a near mint stereo copy of Offenbachs Gaite 
Pairisianne  by  Author Fiedler & The Boston Pops (RCA LSC-1817) that 
was worth $350 at  the time (collector book value) & I only paid $6 
for it. I still have  that stereo LP as well as the 1954 mono copy of 
the same recording. Either  the dealer didn't know that a valuable 
record was in the box I dug though  or he didn't care at the time on 
what it might bring. Today that LP is  worth about $500 & yes I'm keeping 
it.



What makes this particular record so valuable?
 
Don Chichester
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