[78-L] Sticker Shock--a real answer

[Michael Biel]

On 8/17/2011 8:50 PM, marimbamoods at comcast.net wrote:
> i wonder what the highest sum ever paid for a shellac 78 is:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/5-inch-Berliners-Gramophone-Shellac-Phonograph-Record-/250864718289?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a68b3d1d1#ht_2297wt_1189
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> david harvey
Well, dollar-per-inch, this might be close at $4305 for a 5-inch 
Berliner, but really it is not even close.  Last year John Tefteller was 
bragging about paying something like $10,500 for a record.  But I recall 
there have been 78s at over $12,000.  Come to think about it, there was 
that copy of Stormy Weather that Kurt Nauck auctioned off a couple of 
years ago that created some problems with eboy.  I think it finally was 
able to be sold for $22,000.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com