Date:         Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:55:19 -0800
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From:         Roger and Allison Kulp <[log in to unmask]>
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The market is crazy,and unpredictable.I don't want to sell any of my rarer,and pricier pieces,but I buy almost a record a day on eBay,and I sell vinyl and shellac to support my habit.Even without selling my good stuff,I sell records that I an very surprised at what the go for.I mean,whoda thunk a copy of the Denver version of "High School USA",would go for close to ninety bucks ? A year or so earlier,I couldn't give the same record away.


                                         Roger

phillip holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: People like that get what they deserve.  They think some '80s reissue of 
Sgt Peppers is worth $100, which is insanely stupid.  If they want to 
sell records and do a decent job of it, then they need to get educated.  
Nobody forced them into the business.  Besides, all those records were 
cheap as dirt at some point.

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Great story, Roger!
> What? Did he expect for you to tell him what was rare so he could 
> charge you "accordingly"?
> I've been there, too. Hard to keep the eyebrows from raising with glee 
> when one spots inexpensive rare records among the overpriced dross, 
> though. Good thing most of these sellers can't read collectors!
> Thanks!
> Mal
>
> *******
>
> Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
>> Clearly someone who knows "Them old records are collect-eye-bull",but 
>> has no clue beyond an obvious few artists,like Elvis,Beatles,and 
>> Stones,what are.The guy probably  wouldn't know a four-figure garage 
>> 45,mono violin Lp,or early R&B 45,if he tripped over it.I have been 
>> to a number of record stores run by people like this,in my 
>> time.People with common Elvis and Beatles that are insanely 
>> overpriced,and put ridiculously rare soul,and R&B records out for 
>> under $5.00 a pop.Eventually,though,they all fund out what they were 
>> doing,and got angry with me for buying the stuff,and threw me out of 
>> the store.
>>
>> Another reason why I largely stick to eBay.
>>
>>
>>                                       Roger
>>
>> phillip holmes  wrote: Do you think he has 
>> Barbara Streisand and Pablo Cruise?  He guarantees "100% known 
>> artists".  That usually means I've already heard it a thousand times 
>> on the radio.  Oh, it's also a "virtual record shop", which means it 
>> doesn't have everything you'd want to find in a "real" record shop.  
>> Guess I'll pass.
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>  
>>> And he doesn't have The Five Sharps' "Stormy Weather".
>>>
>>> If that collection is too rich, try this..which he'll ship for $100:
>>>
>>> 200201499411 (the link itself is about a mile long)
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
>>>    
>>>> We can all cite stuff we have that he doesn't.I doubt he has "How 
>>>> Many Times" by The Rogues on Lou-Sal,or The Underground Railroad,on 
>>>> Discovery Club (I was spinning this last night.),many recods by 
>>>> Lord Kitchener (Whom no collection should be without.)or a lot of 
>>>> vanity pressing country 45s,from the 50s,and 60s.
>>>>
>>>>                             Roger
>>>>
>>>> "Steven C. Barr(x)"  wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: 
>>>> "John Ross"
>>>>      
>>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501
>>>>> Anybody know anything about this guy or the collection?
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> 1) Nope!
>>>>
>>>> 2) He can only own "Every Record Ever Made" IF he has a copy of a
>>>> Radiex demo 78 I own, made to announce the availabilty of ELECTRICAL
>>>> records on the label! Matrix numbers are NOT in any known GG 
>>>> sequences,
>>>> and it would seem to be early by a few months...beyond that I know 
>>>> SFA!!
>>>>
>>>> 3) This reminds me of somebody's (forget whom?!) recorded comedy 
>>>> routine...
>>>> "Every Record Ever Recorded! Lithuanian Language Records!"...and so 
>>>> on...
>>>> IIRC, back in the sixties or early seventies sometime...?
>>>>
>>>> 4) Lemme figger a bit here...?! 300,000 records would septuble my 
>>>> current
>>>> half-vast archive of a mere 50 kilodiscs (+/-)...but, that takes up 
>>>> two
>>>> rooms of my 7-room abode...so I'd need twelve more rooms (and a WHOLE
>>>> BUNCH of empty milk boxes...?!)...
>>>>
>>>> Looks like I'll have to pass (and not merely because I'm short about
>>>> $2,999,998.43 of the opening bid...?!)
>>>>
>>>> Steven C. Barr
>>>>
>>>>
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