[78-L] Amazing Collection of 78s

[Ryan Wolfe]

This e-bay thing has got out hand.   A little while ago I went to into store where the owner had  boxes and crates of unsorted 78's sitting under the browser bins of his regular stock.    I spent time going through about 1000 of them and picked the pile of what I wanted, some common stuff (like classical Victors) and some 'choicer' items.

I bring them to the counter and he immediately starts sorting them into what he'll sell me for a buck or three and what wants to sell to me or on e-bay, at typically inflated e-bay prices, because he's got an e-bay shop on the side.    

This after I had got done even bothering to go through them, which I know nobody had for a long while  because they were sitting under a coating  of dust.    But now that I've sorted them for him he won't even  cut me a break, as if I'm his employee or something.


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 From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com>
To: 78-l Online <78-l at 78online.com> 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:08 PM
Subject: [78-L] Amazing Collection of 78s
 
Just got back from a trip to Salem, Oregon where I was able to look at an amazing collection of 78 rpm records.  I found this guy on ebay and figured he was close enough to Portland I should go look at his 7" Victor collection.  He also had a collection of American Music records (Music Hath Charms), Marconi, early 7" Pathe, great early blues, a ton of very old labels I've never seen before, a collection of 8" Operaphone records with sleeves, Busy Bees, and on and on.  He has a few on ebay now but the collection is immense.  I wanted them all, but he is trying to get as much as he can from them on ebay, wouldn't entertain any offers.  Oh, well.
 
I don't get to see so many cool records all in one place very often.  He doesn't collect, he was just in the right place at the right time and the collection fell in his lap.  I ended up getting one of his 7" Victors, 'Coon Band Contest', all I could afford.
 
I'll dream about that collection (I hope).  CDB
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