[78-L] Reprising Record Price Guides

[rockined1 at aol.com]

I tell those jokers that if I want to play games, I'll go out and buy a Play Station. I first used that line back in the 80s--only I said Nintendo--LOL


I also take a pass on vendors who do 
ot price-mark their records or group them by price.







-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 7:33 pm
Subject: [78-L] Reprising Record Price Guides



ver the years, I have acquired a handful of record price-guides for 
oth 78s and LPs. I use them as references only to identify artists and 
ecords, not prices. Any time I see a vendor at a record meet with a 
rice guide at hand, I pass on by. I also take a pass on vendors who do 
ot price-mark their records or group them by price. If I have to ask, 
 don’t want to know because I know from experience I am likely to hear 
 ridiculous figure. The smart record vendor prices his merchandise 
ccording to what he perceives to be the break point between price 
cceptance and price resistance of each market he attends. I enjoy 
eading or hearing about certain records that go for fabulous sums, 
nowing full well I would never pay that kind of money for the physical 
rtifact we call a record. As a prime example, a collector friend told 
e of a recent auction where an E+ copy of OKeh 40318 Halfway-House 
rchestra doing Barataria/Pussy Cat Rag went for $2600. I’m very happy 
ith my much cheaper dubbed copy on Jazz Classics 524.
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