[78-L] Clueless classical 78 rpm seller

[Michael Biel]

I agree with David that this IS a helluva collection for someone at that 
price no matter what Robert says.   Just because he was able to get a 
mammoth collection from Kurt -- there might have been other advanced 
classical collectors who might have looked down their noses at THAT 
purchase just like you are looking down at this.   If there IS a young 
collector here that might want to augment or break into classical 
collecting, this is potentially a great start.   Don't let Robert's 
negativity scare you off.

  The fact that there  will always be a lot of dupes in large classical 
78 album collections is why no archive takes them like this.  There were 
less than 3,000 classical 78 albums ever issued.  Although it is hard to 
tell when the spines are not visible, I only see two or three albums 
which pre-date the 1940 price drop.  The scroll and Royal Blues are 
probably not here, but most classical collections are like this.  But 
for a starter, this is great for 300 bucks if you are in the "neighborhood".

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

On 3/2/2012 10:22 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> 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
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> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Looking at the pictures I can spot many dupes of what I already have.....
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