[78-L] Clueless classical 78 rpm seller

[simmonssomer]

Hopefully Sack's C above high C will remain interred in that album. 
Unfortunately Capitol reissued it on a 10" LP.

Al S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Clueless classical 78 rpm seller


> Jeez, who packed those? The Erna Sack Capitol set is probably already 
> smashed,
> and the Rossini Overtures should have been at the outside of that box. 
> Some
> people....wait a minute, isn't that from one of my lockers?
>
> Kidding aside, that could be a helluva collection for someone at that 
> price. I
> hauled more than that out of the basement of Hobart-William Smith College 
> in
> 2003. Had to make two trips with it and stow half of it in Nick Nickson's
> garage, and the price was something like 3 discs for a dollar.
>
> dl
>
> On 3/2/2012 8:57 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-20-Boxes-12-Classical-Opera-78-rpm-Records-Over-1200-Records-/160750820353?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256d7edc01
>>
>> Starting bid $300&  Buy It Now at $400? He'll never sell it. Even as much 
>> as I like classical I'm not paying $300+ for this stuff. Might be tons of 
>> dupes of what I've already got from Kurt Nauk about 16 to 20 years ago 
>> when I bought his whole wall of classical 78's for $200 when he was 
>> closing down his Houston shop before he moved to Spring. Then add the 
>> other classsical 78 rpm sets I've picked up since then&  you'll see why I 
>> don't want to buy this lot. Now if he had a Make Offer button I might 
>> offer perhaps $75 for what this seller has but thats about it. Not a 
>> penny more. And even then it would just fill up space in my home that I 
>> could use for other records. So like I said, I'm not bidding on this at 
>> all.
>>
>> Looking at the pictures I can spot many dupes of what I already have.....
>> ______________________
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