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EBay - Parolophone India - Lot of 13 Beatles 78s
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:23 pm
by Lah Ca
Re: EBay - Parolophone India - Lot of 13 Beatles 78s
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:21 pm
by JeffR1
I'd be careful with that seller.
Everything is listed as rare and exorbitantly priced.
Over 23,000 listings and only 168 positive feedback scores.
There are also lots of Beatles singles for sale _ very expensive _ very rare.
I'm thinking the bulk of it is reproduced, if not all of it.
Something has to go along with their crapophones.
Re: EBay - Parolophone India - Lot of 13 Beatles 78s
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:09 am
by Lah Ca
Yes. I have no plans to make any offers on this lot even at the 25% off the initial asking price.
I have heard of
new Beatles 78s being pressed in shellac compound in limited numbers and then purposely being
antiqued.
Sometime not even that much effort has been made.
I have also heard of "finds" in open air markets. A stack of old 78s will contain a Beatles recording. The buyer will take the 78 and put it in the middle of a small stack of other records.
"How much for the stack?"
The vendor will look through the stack and stop at the Beatles record. A phone call will be made. The vendor will say, "Maybe this is very rare. $XX.00 for this one."
The buyer will take it back home to Europe or North America and play it only to find that it is a recording of Indian devotional music. Close inspection of the record will reveal that there is a fake Parlophone label pasted on top of the original Indian label.
