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

[Michael Biel]

On 7/27/2011 2:24 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> As demand goes up and supply goes down, value rises. A scarce record that everybody wants is of the highest value.
>
> Cary Ginell

UNLESS, as in the case of Robert Johnson, more IDIOTS with too much 
money enter the fray.  If the supply goes up, even if it meets the 
demand, they'll continue to overpay because the HIGHER the price the 
more the "prestigue".

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

>
>> 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
>>
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>> 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
>>>> --