Vogues went high after Ed Curry's book. Before the book they were cheap. I even found them at Goodwill. The market is very soft across the board. High prices bring more to market. eBay helped to do that. Collectors get all they need. I suggest Vogues in the market exceeded interested or new collectors entering into that market. Most casual collectors are content to have a few as they define a genre. Few want a complete number run (production run) at a $100 a pop. IMHO. The Queen for a Day a few years back went for "stupid money." I have many Vogues and have little interest in them at those prices. Mike
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Albert <cenfin at comcast.net> wrote: > for sure, I got bit by the bug and bought up as many as I could trying to > complete the collection and I almost did, but have probably lost about half > of my investment. I am missing the Transformer and Queen for a Day. I have > to assume those are still worth a lot. Al > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <wilenzick at bellsouth.net> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vogue Picture Records values > > >> Thanks for your interesting comment on the Vogues. I agree with you on >> the >> reason for the drop in value of the Wurlitzer 1015, but I am not so sure >> the >> same argument applies to the Vogues. The 1015's were bought and sold as >> entertainment devices, and the bars, etc. that bought them for 45s and CDs >> could care less if they were original or reproduction machines. On the >> other hand, vogues were generally not bought for their music content, but >> rather as vintage collectibles. Prior to eBay, collectors considered them >> to be "scarce" items, and most record collectors, I would think, would >> have >> little interest in the reproductions. Once eBay demonstrated to the hobby >> that they were rather plentiful, the prices started to drop to the current >> low values. I don't know how well the reproduction Vogues are doing these >> days, but I don't see them advertised very much (although I don't look for >> them). Whatever the reason for the price decline, Vogues don't look like >> good investments these days :) >> >> Ray >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Albert" <cenfin at comcast.net> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vogue Picture Records values >> >> >>> Ray, I think Ebay actually raised the value of vogues and there was a lot >>> of >>> activity for a long time on ebay. Many hit the market and it was not >>> unusual >>> to see them go for more than $100. But the prices started dropping >>> quickly >>> when a lot of reproduction Vogues hit the market. The repros looked >>> pretty >>> good and they were copies of some of the more desireable numbers. I >>> compare >>> that to the Wurlitzer 1015 where originals used to sell for $12,000. >>> With >>> the huge number of reproduction 1015s that played 45's and CD;s the value >>> of >>> originals dropped to $5000 to 6000. I may be wrong but I dont think it >>> was >>> Ebay so much as the proliferation of reproductions. Al Menashe >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <wilenzick at bellsouth.net> >>> To: <phonolist at yahoogroups.com>; <Phono-L at oldcrank.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:55 PM >>> Subject: [Phono-L] Vogue Picture Records values >>> >>> >>>> Around 10 to 15 years ago, most Vogues (except the rare 8 or 9 ones) >>>> sold >>>> in the neighborhood of $100 or so. With the advent of eBay, their value >>>> has dropped significantly. It seems that most go for $20-$30 or less >>>> these days. Value guides were available at one time, but now are >>>> worthless. Are there any Vogue collectors on the list that would have a >>>> spreadsheet or other information on current values of these picture >>>> records? Is there a factor, such as 1/4 or 1/3 that could be applied to >>>> the old values that would approximate the current value? Thanks for any >>>> information.. >>>> >>>> Ray Wilenzick >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.19/955 - Release Date: >>>> 8/15/2007 >>>> 4:55 PM >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
