[78-L] "Value" of 78s

[Taylor Bowie]

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From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] "Value" of 78s


> It is perfectly true that the average 78, which the average person will
> find at the average sale, is worth $1 or less.  The desirable records are 
> a
> tiny minority.  Mr.Barr is dead-on, in this case.
>

Well that's fine,  but I assumed we as collectors were speaking of records 
which are collected,  not the dross which still turns up in huge quantity 
anywhere one might care to look.

I had assumed that we were talking about "collectable" records and not the 
dross which usually turns up.    The point I tried to make earlier was that 
there is no reason to judge any area of collectable material by the cheapest 
junk available.  What is considered collectable in any subject will 
generally be a "tiny minority" of what is available.

The average "used book" which I see is not even worth 25 cents ("I wouldn't 
pay 25 cents to go in nowhere") ...but I have made a decent living in the 
old and rare book trade for many years because of the better books which are 
out there.


Taylor