RatherAnOddball
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Hello, thanks for reading.
I love 78's, they've music that I adore. But I'm having a terrible time finding good sources from which to buy them.
The local flea market hasn't any - just masses of poorly-kept LP's.
I've bought a few 78's off of eBay, but the prices were quite high in consideration of the condition of the items. Paid nearly $50 for a historic recording of a few of a Mozart's works, only to find that the collection provided was incomplete and that several of the 78's were cracked. Awful disappointment...but I still couldn't stand to send them back to such an abusive home. Bought a few others - Jazz, popular music, Bing, etc. - and they each presented their own set of problems, while costing me as much as your average new CD might. I get the impression that a lot of these sellers aren't really music buffs, but just people who've come into antiques and are trying to move them, and charge high for anything old.
Someone told me that they'd read about some kind of big auction for 78's for that you can sign up for online, but I had no luck finding out more information on the basis of that meager tip.
So, in short, apart from eBay, I don't really know where to try. I'd appreciate your guidance in finding a better source.
Thanks again, take care.
I love 78's, they've music that I adore. But I'm having a terrible time finding good sources from which to buy them.
The local flea market hasn't any - just masses of poorly-kept LP's.
I've bought a few 78's off of eBay, but the prices were quite high in consideration of the condition of the items. Paid nearly $50 for a historic recording of a few of a Mozart's works, only to find that the collection provided was incomplete and that several of the 78's were cracked. Awful disappointment...but I still couldn't stand to send them back to such an abusive home. Bought a few others - Jazz, popular music, Bing, etc. - and they each presented their own set of problems, while costing me as much as your average new CD might. I get the impression that a lot of these sellers aren't really music buffs, but just people who've come into antiques and are trying to move them, and charge high for anything old.
Someone told me that they'd read about some kind of big auction for 78's for that you can sign up for online, but I had no luck finding out more information on the basis of that meager tip.
So, in short, apart from eBay, I don't really know where to try. I'd appreciate your guidance in finding a better source.
Thanks again, take care.