[78-L] how rare are records?

[Harold Aherne]

I take sort of an interest in Victor's low-priced brands of the early 30s, and I see onPopsike that there have been at least 27 Electradisks offered on Ebay in the last few years. But the absurdly rare Bluebirds of 1932-33 (with the black/blue label) onlyshowed up three times that I noticed (they only allow so many queries before theyask you to register/pay). 
-HA
--- On Mon, 5/21/12, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] how rare are records?
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 2:11 PM

I have a vinyl test pressing of "Phonograph Blues." (alternate take) I'll have to be satisfied with that. At least it's E+, which is more than I can say for any commercial pressing I'm liable to stumble across. 

Cary 

On May 21, 2012, at 12:46 PM, "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> *******
> 
> 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
>> 
> 
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