Well, I misunderstood the intent of your question. Establishing value is difficult but the first cut is condition. Physical condition and the condition of the recorded surface. A good magnifying glass will allow for grading the recorded surface. Any record that was not close to pristine would not be considered valuable. Get the Kauck auction catalogs and look up his condition grading system. Check the final sale price. Kurt points out the high value records in his catalog.
Thatcher Graham wrote: > 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 > > From [email protected] Fri Mar 7 20:28:38 2008 From: [email protected] (Thatcher Graham) Date: Fri Mar 7 20:28:53 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Every bit of information helps. I really appreciate it. thank you Rich wrote: > Well, I misunderstood the intent of your question. Establishing value > is difficult but the first cut is condition. Physical condition and > the condition of the recorded surface. A good magnifying glass will > allow for grading the recorded surface. Any record that was not close > to pristine would not be considered valuable. Get the Kauck auction > catalogs and look up his condition grading system. Check the final > sale price. Kurt points out the high value records in his catalog. > > Thatcher Graham wrote: >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
