[78-L] Are There Still Operatic 78rpm Collectors?

[Joe Salerno]

Highest minimum bid I recall in a Naucktion is 50k, if memory serves.

Joe Salerno

On 3/14/2015 10:58 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>
> It would seem, looking at the current Nauction # 57, that there are still
> quite a number of folks who collect operatic 78s.  The cover item is exactly
> that, and the minimum bid is about what I paid for my house.  No idea if
> that's the all-time high for a minimum bid or not, but apparently folks who
> didn't choke on a record for $7.00 in 1907 are still not choking on records
> for $25 grand today.  And there's 20+ more pages of more of the same kind of
> stuff.
> http://www.78rpm.com/auction_frame.htm
>
>
> Rodger
>
> For best results use Victor Needles
>
>
>
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> The  very first 78rpm collectors collected early recordings of the great
> opera singers.
> As early as the 1930s, HMV added an 'Historic' section to their catalogue to
> cater to these collectors.
>
> Now, it seems, we are a dying breed.
> Let me know if YOU collect operatic 78s, like me.
>
> Earl Okin.
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