[78-L] how far would you go...

[Matthew Duncan]

I don't have any specific criteria for limits on how much to spend on a record...I have records in my collection that have cost me the equivalent of 25 cents or less that are great records and I have spent $100+ on records that are great too....but I don't think I have paid 'over the odds' for any items....some records valued at $1 are great...some are not....there are many $100 or $1000 or even $10000 78s that I would love to own but will have to wait for or may never own....some I would not be bothered about as not all valuable items are good to me or in my sphere of collecting...
 
If I have the money, I will buy the record and try to make the best decisions in my collecting habits as I can....that's my basic principals..
 
If I ever got rich I would try to obtain as many rare pre war blues 78s I could when they came available but I would still be sensible where possible.....but if a record that never crops up was $20000 and I had the money, it would get bought....provided I was that rich guy....but til then...I don't save money...I buy records with the money I've got....you can't take yer money with you....
 
But until I win the lottery or whatever, I will continue buying as many good records as I can for as little money as I can...I do love a bargain!!
 
Matthew
England, UK.

--- On Sat, 10/10/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:


From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] how far would you go...
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Saturday, 10 October, 2009, 10:59 PM


(a) I'd better really need it.

(b) I'd try and trade for it first.

(c) As for (a) plus being able to charge it to whoever I was doing the reissue for.

I've gone to $50 a few times in cash purchases. Higher if trading was possible 
(the Laurel & Hardy disc was $300, but in trade).

By the same token, I've bought $1 records that have turned out to be fabulous 
traders, and a Barbara Lea Riverside ten-incher I picked up in mint condition 
at a rummage sale last year went for huge bucks on eBay.

dl

Erwin Kluwer wrote:
> money wise to get the 78 of your dreams!! (only applies for the rare 78s of
> course!) I know it is a bit of a obscene question.... But I tend to
> believe 78 collectors are just a little bit perverted anyway...
> 
> Erwin
> _________________

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