I paid far more in the 70's for this stuff. In 1975 you couldn't touch a Standard for under $600.. You can find them on Ebay now for 300. Do the inflation math.
--- Daniel Melvin <[email protected]> wrote: > So if this was true in 1975... > > Victor Model VI, original mahogany horn, gold > pillars, WITH original > rare matching cabinet shaped liek the machine, but > on a larger scale. > $950. > > It would be $3268 today. I'm ready to buy one on the > spot for $3268!!! > > Good point about prices though. With inflation and > such the deals aren't > really as astounding as them seem. But what a way to > dream about old prices > available today. > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loran T. Hughes" <[email protected]> > To: "Eric Stott" <[email protected]>; "Antique > Phonograph List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono buying in 1975... > > > > Here's another fun way to look at it. $100 in 1975 > equates to $344 in > > 2004. > > > > Loran > > > > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 15:18, Eric Stott wrote: > > > Believe it or not, those were not low prices for > the time. It was still > not > > > uncommon for great finds to turn up at auctions > or come out of farm > houses. > > > Nowadays most everything is picked over and Ebay > has made most everyone > a > > > dealer eager to make a fortune. Even when > something new comes to the > market > > > the owner has been told "Oh this one is very > unique and rare" a thousand > > > times. > > > > > > Eric Stott > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com
