[78-L] 78 rpm Price Hike

[Mike Harkin]

Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten.
Mike in Plovdiv
 

     On Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:44 AM, Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
   

 
"I laughed and said yes, there are some that are but 99.99% of them aren't"

That's also what I said when I stumbled upon a guy with a box with some
Caruso Zonophones, the Debussy G&T with Mary Garden, etc...

Then I laughed some more when I got home with my goodies... :)


On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net.invalid>
wrote:

>
> I think it's probably the increasing costs of ebay and paypal making it
> necessary for sellers to start at a higher price to make any money.  But
> obviously many crazed sellers have any possible 78 starting at the same
> high price.  Surprisingly, some of them will sell a record for $20 when
> there are numerous examples of people buying the same record for $2-5.  So
> buyers fuel this frenzy too.  I do believe it's possible some are trying
> to take advantage of the publicity of the book and has probably brought new
> players into the game.  I've had a number of people ask me about it, people
> that are not at all into records, since they heard about it on NPR.  I was
> at an estate sale recently and as I was standing there with some 78s in my
> hand someone commented how they heard 78s are REAL valuable.





> I laughed and said yes, there are some that are but 99.99% of them aren't
>
> Glenn
>
>
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>
> The baseline has changed.
>
> I have noticed an increase in the shellac available online of interest
> to me even from 12 months ago, saying that there is an increase in the
> number of bidders.
>
> The prices have definitely increased on certain material, some are not
> feasible for the grading, so whether it persists is debatable.
>
> Whether this is due to a narrow concept book release is difficult to
> ascertain?
>
> Gotta feed the shellac habit somehow :-)
>
> Gary
> >
> > I have not noticed a line of customers outside my door holding wads of
> $100 bills wanting to buy records.
> >
> > If anyone finds demand outstripping supply for 78s in general, I would
> be happy to oblige.  Send them on to me./steve
> >
> > uncledavelewis at hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Am I alone, or has anyone noticed a shift upward in baseline prices for
> 78s since the publication of "Do Not Sell at Any Price"? Or was I asleep
> and they went up more gradually? Seems to me it's an average of about 15 to
> 20 per cent.Uncle Dave Lewisuncledavelewis at hotmail.com
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