[78-L] what makes a record valuable? was Ameri-Briticisms

[Cary Ginell]

As demand goes up and supply goes down, value rises. A scarce record that everybody wants is of the highest value. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:22 -0400
> From: thatcher at mediaguide.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] what makes a record valuable? was Ameri-Briticisms
> 
> I have very mixed feelings on the notion of value.
> When it comes to my genuinely rare items I'm usually not even sure what 
> to do with them usually. I have a transcription from a broadcast of a 
> Joe Louis fight, and glass acetates of the singer Helen Oelheim...  they 
> both sit in a box so I don't break them. What kind of enjoyment is that?
> 
> 
> -Thatcher
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/27/2011 11:43 AM, bill freytag wrote:
> > While I have not had any appraisals done, I believe my test pressings of ~15 Summer to early Autumn Yank Swing Session transcriptions to be rather difficult to obtain.
> >
> >
> > From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"<neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> > To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:05 AM
> > Subject: [78-L] what makes a record valuable? was Ameri-Briticisms
> >
> > Very good question! And a new thread I believe.
> >
> > A Berliner. Black Patti. An Amos 'n Andy transcription on Marsh or
> > Brunswick. An item known to survive in only a handful of copies. Or a
> > unique item. An unknown instantaneous record made live or from radio by
> > an artist who made no or few recordings, or of a tune not recorded
> > commercially. A test pressing not previously known to exist of an
> > alternate take or tune not otherwise recorded by someone who made few
> > recordings (I'm thinking of that test pressing that Kurt found of Robert
> > Johnson, or some unissued takes of Horowitz of selections not otherwise
> > represented in his discography). A 20" Pathe.
> >
> > Something along those lines.
> >
> > What would you consider valuable, Joe?
> >
> > joe salerno
> >
> >
> > On 7/26/2011 1:28 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
> >> Greetings from FixitLand!
> >>
> >> Joe Salerno wrote:
> >>
> >>> ...Anyone here ever found a really valuable record in a garage sale?
> >> Please define "really valuable."
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >>
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> --
> >> "A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes."--English Proverb
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