[78-L] 15, 000 opera 78s for $12K: 2 competing dealers - Frederick Md vs L Hol dridge

[Michael Biel]

Steve Shapiro wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203662.html
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203662_pf.html
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> Does anyone have an idea who the Frederick dealer might be?  (I have a hunch.)  He made a cool 2 grand just for getting there first.
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I think your hunch is correct -- he shares your initials, right?
> As for the opera collector with Alzheimers, a friend in New Jersey says that for many 78 collectors, they don't need most of the records that are in their collections, they just need to believe that they have the records to be satisfied since most of the records are rarely if ever played./steve

But in this case, Larry says the guy bought what he liked to hear, and 
his daughter heard enough to grow to hate it.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com