[78-L] what a whiner!

[Glenn Longwell]

Interesting.  I've bought from this person before and even traded with him.  After buying one of my Majestic vertical cuts from him a few years ago we got into a conversation as he had some more.  He was interested in one of their sleeves since he was planning to write a book with images of 78 rpm record sleeves.  Like those of use that are interested in labels this guy liked the sleeves.  He offered a Majestic record for one of their sleeves.  A great deal I say!  In my dealings with him he did seem knowledgable but somewhat of a reclusive type.  Not the type I would think to consider using an outside auction house to sell something like this.

He's always had high starting prices on his records but clearly has a diverse collection of records that are quite interesting.  I opened up a few of his other auctions and none of them gave the sob story.  Must be getting desperate though to offer this one for $150,000 with such a story.

Glenn

--- On Thu, 6/17/10, David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] what a whiner!
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 12:01 PM

--- On Thu, 6/17/10, Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com> wrote:

> And can somebody explain why it is for this guy sooooo hard
> to part with his
> 78 collection while being legally blind and DEAF!!!!

"Legally blind" and "legally deaf" are terms of art.  They
are usually employed in legal or insurance circles.  However,
this guy's sales pitch seems to be "Pity me!  Send me money!
I'll throw in this record!"  If he really was the record
collecting expert he portrays himself as in his other listings,
he'd know that the best way to get the record's true and best
value would be to offer it to a respected auction house like
Nauck's for sale without the histrionics.


      
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