[78-L] Rare 78's for sale on E-Bay

[Taylor Bowie]

Talk about silly.  Why would anyone want to discourage a professional from 
buying some of your stuff?

In the rare book trade most of us are delighted to sell to other 
booksellers...it's all about making a sale and often the other dealer is the 
first to make the move...and they are nearly always buying,  unlike 
collectors who can blow hot and cold for various reasons.

I'm not sure what that guy accomplished by trying to stick Kurt other than 
ruining a sale...maybe it did something for his ego,  if not his bank 
account.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Nauck" <nauck at 78rpm.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Rare 78's for sale on E-Bay


>I found 3 records of interest from this seller. Two of them were
> interesting but unimportant labels that were priced at $9.99. I
> selected Buy it Now and paid with my credit card. Then a little while
> later I got a message saying that they were not available. He has not
> answered my email.
>
> Chances are, had I not been a well-known dealer the transaction would
> have gone through without a hitch. I remember the time that a bunch
> of us at the ARSC conference in KC went to the local record store
> where we spent a couple of hours picking out records. My pile was
> little different from anyone else's pile, and none of us found
> anything to write home about. None of the records were priced, but
> when people went to check out, they were charged around $1-2/record.
> When my turn came, the owner said, "Gee Kurt, I'll have to price
> these tonight - come back in the morning." Knowing exactly what was
> up, I returned the next day and we sat down to go through my
> "treasures." Not a single record was under $10, and some were over
> $50. "The prices are negotiable," he graciously told me. I responded
> by saying that any negotiation would be pointless. I pulled out a
> single record that had been hanging on his wall (a small Flexo disc
> that had been pre-marked $20) and told him that that would be the
> extent of my purchases.
>
> Such experiences come with the territory - wow, if Kurt wants this,
> it must be really valuable!
>
> Of course, there are other dealers who are delight - Larry Holdridge,
> Tom Smith and Tom Hawthorn immediately spring to mind. Or the late
> Jim Hadfield or Rick Whiting.
>
> And some dealers who might have been a little ornery or idiosyncratic
> (like me, probably), but were still a real pleasure to deal with.
> (Larry Mason & Morty Savada)
>
> Truly, there are some great guys in this hobby!
>
> At 08:44 PM 10/20/2010, you wrote:
>>This seller is my78s4u who has been a topic of discussion on this
>>list various times.
>>
>>He is the same person who was selling "Jew/Yid" records last January
>>and has been looking since last June for Bill Gates and others to
>>buy his 20" Pathe for $150,000.
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/78-RPM-ULTRA-RARE-1908-20IN-PATHE-SILENT-MOVIE-RECORD-E-/390210291254
>>
>>He seems to have been able to continue staying in his house.
>>
>>As I wrote before:
>>
>> > This seller offers "as is" Armenian 78s for $250.  He hides his
>> bidders' names and masks their wins in his feedback.
>>
>>He once made violent threats to me via email./steve
>>
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>
> Kurt Nauck
> c/o Nauck's Vintage Records
> 22004 Sherrod Ln.
> Spring, TX  77389
>
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