On another list, someone posted an announcement that Mr. Wheeler was producing a soon-to-be-published history of Columbia . Does anyone have a way to contact Mr. Wheeler (the original posting didn't include the email and the poster doesn't have it any longer). Thanks!
Merle www.littlewonderrecords.com From [email protected] Thu Aug 25 08:37:22 2005 From: [email protected] (Phillip Sands) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:57 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Phonographs as an Investment In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> I have a friend who has 400 machines and he's constantly lamenting that the prices peaked in the late 80's and early 90's and his collection is worth about half what he paid for it. Availability has really brought the prices down. --- Scott & Susan Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > I would expect that there are a number of collectors > with long > experience who may not have yet been exposed to the > changes Ebay has > brought about in the dynamics of the market for > phonographs. When > they seek to "cash out," it's going to be a bit of a > surprise. > > A friend with a large collection was forced to sell > it all off due to > an unpleasant divorce in around 1992. At the time, > he was just sick > about it. Today, he often says how lucky he was to > get out before > Ebay decreased values. The same collection today > would have netted > far less. > Are our machines good investments? Probably better > than shares of > Palm Pilot, but worse than real estate. > > Scott > > > On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:02 PM, [email protected] > wrote: > > > Hello, Greg: > > > > I cannot speak for the "high-rollers," in the > hobby, but from my > > perspective, phonographs have not been a > particular good > > "investment." For many years, I > > was a sucker for beautiful, Diamond Disk > Laboratory models. Most > > of the "Lab > > Models" I own, or have owned in the past, are > worth little, if > > any more > > than they were in the 1970's, when I bought most > of them. The > > truly rare > > machines, and more desirable open-horn machines > have appreciated > > consierably, but > > the "ordinary" phonos have not gone up all that > much. > > > > I think ebay is partly responsible for this. Quite > a few people, > > myself > > included, found out that our machines are not as > rare as we > > thought, and prices > > have drifted downward for a number of years. My > Triumph Model A is > > a good > > example of this. For years, I could say I owned > the only one I'd > > ever seen. Hah! > > Now, I realize that I just don't get out much. > > > > Some of my records are another matter. The more > desirable titles > > and numbers > > have done quite well, from a "speculator" point of > view, but that > > was just > > dumb luck. > > > > Randy Minor > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
