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Hey what is the average price to pay for Edison diamond disc records.

In my opinion, that's a difficult question, the common disc should be around $ 4.00 - 10.00 each. And by common, I refer to some old ballads, tenors, Gospel records etc.

Then if you are going to go for more more sought after titles like the Charleston, and many of the electrics in the 52000 series expect to pay $ 50.00 and up. That's why I do not have the Charleston on Edison.

It's all about rarity of the issue, and being a "hot title". If your lucky you may find them in a pile of records from an estate sale, flea market etc. where most people would just think of them as old records.

Honest me, did a reproducer rebuilt at a local antique store in Crown Point, Indiana, and saw the records in the cabinet, there were some hot titles in the 52000 series but I was honest and told her she could sell them desperate for more money. I guess that's where ethics comes in, but the other part says I could have owned some good titles for maybe 50.00.

I would say the average price is even lower than $4 because most of the DD's for sale are the older etched label records that tend to be the very old fashioned type of music that Edison preferred, and the surface noise that many of them have is not tolerable. That's why you see so many of the etched labels for sale.

That depends on the discs and the seller. For common discs, a retail store will probably want $5 and up, a part-time dealer at a show $2-$3 and up, and ebay or Craigslist anywhere from $1 to $10 and up, depending on how knowledgeable the seller thinks he or she is...

It also depends on whether you are picking and choosing or buying a group. On ebay I rarely bid more than $2 or $3 per disk in a group unless there's something I really want. The most I recall paying for one disk was about $35, which makes me a relative "amateur". I've seen many discs sell for $50 plus, and 1 went for $600 within the last 2 years.

Yep, it depends--on rarity, condition, and popularity of the tunes. I have made bulk purchases of lots here and there for as little at $1 each. Lately, due to the fact that my condo obstinately refuses to expand itself to fit my collecting habits, I have pretty much limited myself to electrically recorded DDs. Have found those to run in the $10 to $50 range mostly. Have stopped bidding on a couple when they get into the hundreds--a NOS copy of the Charleston, for example. Really popular bands, like The Golden Gate Orchestra, bring a bunch too.

In reality an "average" price over the entire spectrum would be a pretty much useless statistic.

Clay

Tpapp54321 wrote:Hey what is the average price to pay for Edison diamond disc records.

No offense but that's almost like asking, "What is the average price to pay for an old car?"

I think we have someone looking to SELL some Diamond Discs if the other posts they've been making are any indication.

Sean

OrthoSean wrote:I think we have someone looking to SELL some Diamond Discs if the other posts they've been making are any indication.

Sean

Could be Sean, but the answer to their question "what is the average price to pay for Edison diamond disc records" is still the same. It all depends.

Clay