Initially, I had chosen to pass on this one, but couldn't. How does anyone know what's valuable about anything? There are two answers to it. If it is something that YOU treasure, it's valuable. The records you like are therefore, valuable to you.
The second answer is: what records (or anything else) can be sold for the most money. > [Original Message] > From: Thatcher Graham <[email protected]> > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Date: 3/7/2008 2:15:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles > > That begets a question for me. How do I know what 78s in my collection > are valuable? > > > [email protected] wrote: > > We all know that the Grand Canyon was made by water running over rock. > > Anytime two physical objects contact, there is wear, or damage. That said, > > the > > reason I collect antique phonographs is because I like the sound for > > whatever > > psychological reason. While I will not play my Nordskog of Spikes Seven > > Pods of > > Pepper Orchestra on a Victrola, I have no problem playing almost everything > > else > > on some kind of antique phonograph. To be sure I always use a fresh needle > > and > > sometimes a fibre needle. I once played a Paul Whiteman record on a VV-IV > > as > > many times as I could to see if I could detect wear. I got sick of the > > record > > before I could hear an increase in surface noise. Victor had a wear test > > that > > in order to pass, a record had to be played 200 times without audible wear > > (would that Paramount had the same kind of standard). 20 times is more than > > I > > care to hear most records. I think we can play our records and enjoy them > > without > > pangs of conscience. When we are through with them they will, at best, be > > absorbed into archives where they will be played once, put onto digital > > media, > > and (the originals) never heard again! The digital copies however, with > > help > > from new copyright laws, may live again on MP3 players. In the mean time, I > > will > > play my Carusos (if I had a Zonophone I might make an exception), > > McCormacks, > > Original Indiana Fives and Bessie Smiths the way God intended, on a taking > > machine. Pardon my ramblings, I found this to be an interesting string of > > comments. > > > > Phil Stewart > > > > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > -- > Thatcher Graham > Senior Field Engineer > ph. 610-578-0800 x214 > cell: 484-354-6918 > fx. 610-578-0804 > Mediaguide > 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. STE 150 > Berwyn, PA 19312 > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Fri Mar 7 15:23:40 2008 From: [email protected] (Thatcher Graham) Date: Fri Mar 7 15:36:55 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Rich, I ask the question party for concern over wear. And partly because I have about a thousand more than comfortably fit in my apartment. I don't want to toss something valuable just because it is not to my personal tastes. In that general arena I am totally ignorant. -Thatcher Rich wrote: > How do you know that they will not be valuable in the future? > Remember, at one time the Vic VI and Edison Alva were considered > junk. Well, grasshopper, do you want to take that chance? > > Thatcher Graham wrote: >> That begets a question for me. How do I know what 78s in my >> collection are valuable? > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org -- Thatcher Graham Senior Field Engineer ph. 610-578-0800 x214 cell: 484-354-6918 fx. 610-578-0804 Mediaguide 1000 Chesterbrook Blvd. STE 150 Berwyn, PA 19312
