[78-L] Pricing info needed

[Taylor Bowie]

The 78 record market is such a small one that it's almost impossible to 
extrapolate from available sales figures what any particular record is 
worth.

I've had many conversations with record auctioneers who all have told me 
that they can never be sure what something is going to sell for and are 
often surprised when something sells for a lot...or for very little.

Books,  autographs,  coins,  fine art,  etc.  can be tracked a lot more 
easily than can records...because there are more buyers and there's more 
money involved.

In 2009 I saw a copy of the Reisman Victor of By A Waterfall b/w Honeymoon 
Hotel  sell on eBay for $330.  Around that same time I bought a copy of the 
Dewy Jackson Vocalion of She's Cryin' For Me for about $50.

These are extreme examples but illustrate my point that it's almost 
impossible to get a handle on what 78s are worth.

In the end,  it's just how much someone is willing to pay,  and what someone 
else is willing to sell for.


Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Pricing info needed


> ________________________________ From: David Lennick
> <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> Help!
>>>
>>> I am totally confused in my attempt to find new references on pricing 
>>> 78s.
>>>
>>> I have the 5th and 6th editions of Docks Guidebook, the last published 
>>> in 2001.
>>>
>>> There seems to have been no later pubs.
>>>
>>> If I had earlier editions I could do a projection of value growth versus 
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Is there any on-line source for this info? Any in print?
>>>
>>> How do you accomplish this?
>>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> =============================
> When you say "a good one", do you mean in terms of musical quality or
> rarity?
>
>     Julian Vein
>
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