[78-L] Frederick Tussey

[Cary Ginell]

Return address on the box said Ferguson, Missouri. I wrote to him and told him very politely that I thought he had overgraded the record, but with the quality of stuff he's selling, a little more attention to this facet would definitely be a boon for his business. He took that well and thanked me. We both agreed that the record that I won is quite scarce and still worth what I paid for it, despite the relatively substandard condition. Nice to get the alternate takes, too. You don't find those often on Hawaiian records.

Cary Ginell

> From: thedoctor at discdoc.com
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 21:12:03 -0500
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey
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> David, Cary, is this fellow located in St. Louis, MO?
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> On May 17, 2011, at 6:41 PM, David Lennick wrote:
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> > So my QRS Frank Luther in E condition oughta be worth double that!
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> > dl
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> > On 5/17/2011 7:07 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> >> Incidentally, the Vernon Dalhart Black Patti that he couldn't sell last week has been relisted as a Buy It Now for $1,250.00. Pony up!
> >> 
> >> Cary Ginell
> >> 
> >>> From: soundthink at live.com
> >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:14 -0700
> >>> Subject: [78-L] Frederick Tussey
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> >>> 
> >>> Just got the Timely Tunes 78 that I won from Frederick Tussey on eBay (by King's Hawaiians, a pseudonym for (King) Bennie Nawahi - It was described as being in "VG" condition, but was sold "as is". I took a calculated risk on this record, so I am not going to return it, but both sides are closer to G. Heavy graying of grooves with surface-noise-to-music ratio being about 60/40. Just a word to the wise to anyone interested in bidding on his records. He either overgrades or - and I believe the latter is the case - he doesn't know the first thing about grading (or spelling, I might add), which is why he couches his descriptions in all kinds of caveats. I'm not returning the record because, as Malcolm informed me, both sides are alternate takes available only on TT. I have the first takes on a Montgomery Ward in E condition, so I'm fine with having this one, even at the price I paid for a record several grades below how it was described.
> >>> 
> >>> His packing, incidentally, was excellent.
> >>> 
> >>> Cary Ginell
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