[78-L] Where to find 78 rpm ?

Thu Nov 22 02:00:56 PST 2012

It's a sobering thought, looking for records in an antique shoppe, that
you are older than most of the merchanndise.  

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Thu, 11/22/12, Thomas HENRY <thomashenry81 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Thomas HENRY <thomashenry81 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Where to find 78 rpm ?
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 9:00 AM
> Being also part of this "younger"
> generation, I had a few bad experiences
> buying online and still manage to find interesting records
> in flea markets
> and local brocantes here in Paris, where I regularly find
> arabic 78rpm for
> example, and for a very reasonable price (that wouldn't be
> the case at all
> on ebay...).
> 
> 2012/11/22 Matthew Duncan <recordgeek334578 at yahoo.com>
> 
> > I too have noticed the bidding on common records
> getting out of control -
> > I assume that will die down over time and go through
> several phases before
> > doing so.
> >
> > Very common HMV BD series etc Glenn Miller discs going
> for £15 to £30 is
> > one example - but I have noticed it isn't all the time
> and it's only
> > certain titles.   "In the Mood" and
> "Moonlight Serenade" will go for much
> > more than some of the lesser known titles so I think
> the 'younger
> > generation' get caught in the moment based on a few
> tunes they have heard.
> >
> > Maybe they have missed the 'junk shop era' as I call it
> and wouldn't ever
> > seek out 78s elsewhere anyway....or are after only so
> many for their themed
> > home or similar (as it tends to be WW2 era discs that
> go for a lot).
> >
> > I am, I suppose 'the younger generation' being 27 but
> there are several
> > buyers of 78s younger than me in the
> UK.   I came into the hobby through
> > flea markets/junk shops/car boot sales etc and have got
> to know about
> > prices along the way....which could have easily been
> missed if I had been
> > born 5 or 10 years later.   I am not
> being critical or saying that I have
> > never overpaid for a record but I am sure I have plenty
> of 50p records of
> > some rarity to balance things out.
> >
> > "Vintage" things and "Retro" buzz words and their
> connected products is a
> > bit of a fad at the moment and has been for a while so
> that may be
> > something accelerating things in the world of common
> 78s for high
> > money...just like other bric a brac and furniture of
> the same era ...time
> > will tell whether the prices will change or whether the
> buyers continue to
> > collect after the 'scene changes' so to speak ....
> >
> > Matt in the UK
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 22/11/12, Tim Huskisson <timhuskisson at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: Tim Huskisson <timhuskisson at btinternet.com>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Where to find 78 rpm ?
> > To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Thursday, 22 November, 2012, 2:32
> >
> > In my opinion, if you're looking to buy 78s, most of
> the 'good stuff' is
> > now
> > on-line. I can't remember the last time I found
> anything interesting in 2nd
> > hand shops or Car boot sales. Excellent 78rpm
> collections are being
> > inherited by younger families of the deceased, and the
> records soon end up
> > in the hands of collector/dealers who take what they
> want, and list the
> > remaining 'good stuff' on Ebay.
> > Certainly here in the UK, apart from record fairs, Ebay
> is now the way to
> > go; and I've been buying 78s since the early 1970s.
> >
> > For all its faults, searching through the Ebay listings
> is not that
> > different from going through boxes of records in flea
> markets. It is true
> > that there are risks involved - particularly with the
> safety of the records
> > in transit. But taking sensible precautions - i.e.
> sending packing
> > instructions, and getting to know sellers, their
> grading and general
> > quality
> > of service before taking bigger financial risks, all
> helps. There are also
> > plenty of long time established 78 collector/dealers on
> Ebay who offer
> > extremely good services and regularly list desirable
> records.
> > One interesting modern phenomenon is a number of (I
> presume) younger
> > collectors who will often bid way too much for fairly
> common discs, but
> > ignore a lot of the rarer stuff. THAT has worked to my
> advantage often.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tim Huskisson
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
> On Behalf Of Ron L'Herault
> > Sent: 21 November 2012 21:16
> > To: '78-L Mail List'
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Where to find 78 rpm ?
> >
> > I must have missed that.
> >
> > I try not to buy on line.  You never know for sure
> if the record will
> > arrive
> > in one piece, if it plays as well or as badly as the
> verbal grading etc.
> > I look for yard sales, adverts in papers and I tell
> everyone I know that I
> > am looking for shellac.   Sometimes they
> tell a friend or relative and you
> > come up with some nice stuff.  Local auctions are
> also a source.
> >
> > Ron L
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
> On Behalf Of Thomas HENRY
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:54 PM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Where to find 78 rpm ?
> >
> > Hi there,
> > I didn't get many answers from the list following my
> request...
> > Shall I conclude that you only buy your records online
> ?
> > Anyway, I already added 24 places on the map, don't
> hesitate if you have
> > any
> > other suggestions ! http://ceintsdebakelite.com/where-to-find-78-rpm/
> > Cheers,
> > Thomas
> >
> > 2012/11/18 Thomas HENRY <thomashenry81 at gmail.com>
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Even if a lot of us buy 78 rpm on the internet,
> some may still prefer
> > > finding records in stores or markets. Each time I
> visit a new city, I
> > > try to find a place to buy records, which is not
> always easy... I went
> > > to Sweden a few months ago and made a research on
> the internet
> > > beforehand but I didn't find anything, so I asked
> our Swedish fellows
> > > to help me. I wouldn't have found anything without
> them.
> > > So I decided to create a new section on my blog
> called "Where to find
> > > 78 rpm". This section consists of a list of places
> and a dynamic map :
> > > http://ceintsdebakelite.com/where-to-find-78-rpm/
> > > I just started and added a few places where I
> found 78 rpm, mainly in
> > > my city Paris. But I'd like this map to be useful
> for everybody : who
> > > wants to help me completing my list of shops and
> markets worlwide ?
> > > Thanks !
> > > Greetings from France !
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
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