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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:06 AM, <john9...@pacbell.net> wrote: > John9ten > -----Original Message----- > From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> > Sender: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:42:05 > To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Reply-To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > What is your eBay user name? > > > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:45:12 -0800 > > From: john9...@pacbell.net > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > > I just listed the Charleston on ebay yesterday and it is at $20 already. > A lot of others like it too. Of course the song is popular, but this version > is extremely '20s jazzy'. > > My taste is pretty eclectic. Some collect to get great numbers of > records, I collect pretty much only what I like. I buy some things for > resale too of course, but if a record is rare and I don't care for the > music, I won't keep it just for the rarity issue. > > John > > > > --- On Sun, 1/16/11, Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> wrote: > > > > From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 8:13 AM > > > > > > Not bad... your taste in music is similar to mine, according to the > titles you mentioned. I like 20's blues and jazz - Ben Selvin is one of my > favorites. > > > > > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:35:35 -0800 > > > From: john9...@pacbell.net > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > > > > There was Mamie Smith singing Crazy Blues..Ben Selvin on Vocalion > playing the Charleston, and Sousa's Band playing Maple Leaf > Rag...ummm...there are a lot of others I haven't gone through yet. I am sure > there'll be some nice stuff. There were 15 boxes, about 300 records or so. I > also bought 33 Diamond Discs, nothing spectacular but all in very good > condition. nicer than most I have seen. Also bought 147 cylinder records, > both 2 and 4 minute. no 5000s though. > > > John > > > > > > --- On Sat, 1/15/11, Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> wrote: > > > > > > From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 7:38 PM > > > > > > > > > I forgot to ask: did you get any good records? > > > > > > > From: vinyl.visi...@live.com > > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:05:13 -0500 > > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > > > > > > > > > > Nothing like some steel wool and maybe a little cleanser to really > bring out the shine in gold leaf... :) > > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:58:42 -0800 > > > > > From: john9...@pacbell.net > > > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > > > Subject: [Phono-L] Travesty... > > > > > > > > > > Hey everyone! > > > > > I went to buy some records locally that were being sold by the > daugher of the man that owned them. He passed away 20 years ago and all has > been in storage. The real story is that she had sold his phonographs a few > years back, and one was a...well, she said "there was this one Victrola that > was all gold leafed.." I asked if it had paintings on the front and sides. > She said it did. So it was a Vernis Martin...and she sold it to some guy for > $7500.00. he flew to LA to see it, and she said he was sorta disappointed in > the condition on one side because "My mother tried to clean it with steel > wool"!!!!!!!!!! he bought it anyway though. > > > > > John Robles > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
