dzavracky wrote:are records really worth this much ? I have never paid more than $2 for a record, and I have some pretty rare ones . I couldn't ever imagine spending $40 on one record
Most records are worth a few cents, but there are indeed many records that sell for $40 or much more. The most I can recall getting for a record was $250. The most I can recall paying is $100, but I'm not as "serious" a collector as many.
WOW thats just crazy. I guess I wouldn't consider myself a "serious" music collector then . I have been really happy with what I have been able to find around thift shops and craigslist. Granted most of the good ones have been among a bunch of records I could care less about (late victors, decca's, and capitols's)
It'll grow on you in time. I just hope my wife doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it if I croak first.
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
dzavracky wrote:are records really worth this much ? I have never paid more than $2 for a record, and I have some pretty rare ones . I couldn't ever imagine spending $40 on one record
David,
It all boils down to what you like, what you want or "need" and what you can afford... I was lucky once, I paid $50 for a record that I really didn't care for, but because of it's history, someone offered me $1250 for it... guess what, I don't own it any more...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value." Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things." My Wife
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? I have never paid more than $2 for a record, and I have some pretty rare ones
. I couldn't ever imagine spending $40 on one record
(late victors, decca's, and capitols's)
