[78-L] how rare are records?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Most of the Black Pattis I know of are in the hands of a few old line 
Blues collectors. I know one guy who has an amazing collection of them, 
many in V+ or better condition. Fortunately for us most of them have 
been re-released on Document.
Hell, I'm still trying to find a Robert Johnson Vocalion for a 
reasonable price. Just one. Title and condition be damned!
Malcolm

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On 5/21/2012 3:00 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I used to think that Berliners were very rare records. I've been
> searching ebay for a while now, and Berliners come up often enough. On
> one occasion there was even a 5" from Germany IIRC. I don't think I have
> seen Monarchs and pre-dogs as often, but this is probably more a
> reflection of my search parameters.
>
> I have seen one 20" Pathe in all the time I have been running searches
> on ebay.
>
> I have never ever seen a Black Patti offered.
>
> Is this experience representative of how rare these records are?
>
> If so, 20" Pathes are more rare than 7" Berliners. Black Pattis are most
> rare of those listed here.
>
> Joe Salerno
>