OUCH!!!! I was once able to supply a good friend with a 2 minute record he had been searching for over several years. I shipped it off, well packed, and he carefully opened the box, took out the cylinder and opened it upside down and it crashed onto his desk in several pieces. I think that hurt me as much as it did him! As for my own misfortune..I once had a home recording on brown wax of a family saying new year's greetings into the phonograph on December 31, 1899. I dropped it. End of story. John
--- On Sun, 7/26/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mistake on Shackleton price To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 6:56 PM In a message dated 7/26/09 7:09:37 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi All I made a mistake when I said I had sold the Shackleton cylinder for $700. It was actually $1400. When it sold we split the cost and $700 was my share. Some of you may have been thinkning $700 was not very much for it to have sold for! It had original box and label and was in mint condition. It was part of a lot of records that I bought with a friend, unsorted, When we found that one, it was very exciting! There is still alot of good stuff out there, just harder to find! John Robles Wow. That was a hefty price for such a fragile record. I actually was given the Shackelton record by a collector in New Zealand a few years ago. It had a crack and he was understandably afraid to send it for repair to Mike Khanchalian. He wouldn't take ANY money for it and so I brought it home in my carryon luggage. I sent it to Mike and he repaired it for $350 which was probably less than he should have charged. I picked it up at Union and he had actually made a CD of the recording which he gave me. I got as far as Chicago, showed it carefully to a friend, and it promptly exploded into a hundred irreparable pieces. I have the pieces stored in the original box with original top. Maybe I should freeze it and a hundred years from now someone will figure out how to bring it back to life!! In any case, I'm not investing in any more wax Amberols--even if I get them for free! ---Art Heller **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585106x1201462830/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
