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

[Cary Ginell]

The quotient of supply vs. demand still increases the value of the record if the demand rises and the supply stays constant. Conversely, if a record that is NOT plentiful becomes more scarce and the demand stays the same, the value will still go up.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:36:53 -0400
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] what makes a record valuable? was Ameri-Briticisms
> 
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>> --
> 
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