[78-L] Tart remark

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Thu Oct 29 18:14:34 PDT 2009


I don't know how I did it,  but in the message below I meant to type "that" 
and not "tart."

T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Babe Ruth Record !! with original? photo


> One thing I've learned is that the market for 78s is more inconsistent 
> than
> that of almost any other "collectable" material.
>
> A record can sell for $100 on eBay one week, and a better copy can't even
> hit $20 a moth later.  I had the faux Ruth record for sale at a book fair
> and sold it easily for the $250.  What tart or any record is "worth" will
> always remain up to the buyer.
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Babe Ruth Record !! with original? photo
>
>
>> Baseball related records actually do sell. But I own at least one of the
>> Ruth
>> discs (probably the real one, with the guy with the disease) and it 
>> didn't
>> cost
>> that much.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> It seems to have some value to baseball collectors.  About ten years ago
>>> I
>>> sold  a V+ copy of the record to a baseball guy for 250.  Being 
>>> generous,
>>> I'd figure the gravure image (it's not a real photo) is worth another
>>> hundred.
>>>
>>> Beware of anyone selling ANYTHING when they tell you that the treasure 
>>> in
>>> question "should be in a museum."
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <bruce78rpm at comcast.net>
>>> To: "78-L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:19 PM
>>> Subject: [78-L] Babe Ruth Record !! with original? photo
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/BABE-RUTH-ORIGINAL-1920-PATHE-PHONOGRAPH-RECORD-PHOTO_W0QQitemZ400075807019QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Sports_Memorabilia?hash=item5d2660592b
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh my, once again it's the Babe Ruth Pathe Actuelle record resurfacing
>>>> again, but look, this one has an original photo that is marked Pathe on
>>>> the back that must have been given out when you purchased the record.
>>>> This
>>>> is the first time I have seen the photo card. Wonder what this package
>>>> (record which is not him, but with the photo) might be worth, any 
>>>> ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
>>>> _______________________
>>
>>
>>
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