Very true. There is a shop in town that has something like 6 or 7 of them at an average $50 each, and they offered me a ten percent discount, and I am still having trouble parting with the money cuz they don't have that kind of value any more. I remember when I could have bought them at that price and sold for at least twice the money.
--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> wrote: From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Theodore Roosevelt cylinder To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 11:56 AM The same thing happened with my collection of Vogue Picture Records, which at the time, were as scarce as hen's teeth. For years, I spent my spare time scrounging through piles of worthless records looking for one or hours on the phone trying to find a collector that might part with a duplicate. And then, when I found one, I had to pay whatever the person wanted because you just never found them. Then along comes eBay - and now it's no harder than doing a search and sniping one at a great price and discovering that no one in America ever threw them away. That's the market of supply and demand, as well as a new generation of people who inherited a collection from their dad or grandfather and would rather have a new loud muffler on their Japanese car or a stereo to blow the body panels off... > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:41:08 -0800 > From: smst...@gmail.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Theodore Roosevelt cylinder > > It's the economy, it's the internet. > I own many records and cylinders. Many very rare. Why own a record? As a > digital file it as it takes up so little space. > And most of the time free or close to free. > Not much disposable income out there. On the other hand if I decide to > collect something different it is always at the top of the market, > regardless of the economy..[?] > Mike > oldcranky > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:27 AM, john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > Hello all > > Well, after I had offered it here with no takers, I had listed my Theodore > > Roosevelt cylinder on eBay, It used to be that they went for around $100, > > and it only got up to $66. What's your opinion, is this cylinder (Social > > and Industrial Justice) just that common, or is it the economy, or what? > > Just wondering. I can seem to let it go for less than $85 so I think I'll > > keep it. > > 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
