Date:Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:11:01 -0800
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Speaking of crazy,.. I collect reel to reel tapes (in a minor way)
and an auction of one came to my attention a couple of weeks ago. It
was a Japanese 7" 7.5 ips 1/4 track issue of Pink Floyd's "Adam Heart
Mother". The reason this auction attracted the interest of several
tape collectors was that it had already reached a bid of over $400
with two days left. By the next day, it was over $700. At that point,
I speculated that it would go for over $1k. I guess that's why I
usually lose bidding wars. The final price was over $1800! We were
flabbergasted. Luckily, I suggested some reasons why a single 7" tape
could be worth that much to someone when one of the regular posters
let us know that he'd bid $1600 on the tape.
BTW reel to reel tapes have had a dramatic upswing in prices the last
year or so. But nothing like that!
Steve Koto
On Feb 22, 2008, at 7:55 PM, Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> 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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