[78-L] Flood damage to records - call for information on how to save a collection

[Steve Ramm]

>The original mess age to Tim McC said:
> 
> Subject: question from a Michigan resident
> 
> My father has a wonderful collection of records that was vertically stored,
> in their jackets. Unfortunately, they just had a flood in their ranch home
> and many, if not most, of the records were caught in the water. Do I
> salvage them? > _______________________________________________
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No one asked what the word "wonderful" meant. As a we all know (well most of us), when we get a call that someone has a "wonderful" collection of records for sale that often times they are common records easily replaced for a quarter or 50 cents. And "rare" won't be much different a description.
 
We don't know if they were 78s or vinyl Lps. But it may not be worth effort to try to save them. I know very few collectors who save Lp records that no longer have jwckets. But sorry to hear about the loss. I had a water damage problem once but - luckily it was not my rare racords and I just threw them out.
 
Steve Ramm