From: "Eric Nagamine" <[log in to unmask]>
> Tom Fine wrote:
> http://www.goldminemag.com/features/double-mortgage-anyone-125000-lot-hits-o
> ur-market-watch-countdown
>> why would those Philips LPs of David Oistrakh and Lev Oborin go for
>> so much? Was that a freak eBay sale? That material was reissued as a
>> nicely-packaged good-sounding CD set. The original sound quality
>> wasn't knock your socks off, although it was typical Philips high
>> quality. The performances remain highly rated by some critics. But,
>> if a CD set is available, why are the original LPs worth thousands of
>> dollars? Could this have been a Philips completist buyer who got in a
>> bidding war?
>> -- Tom Fine
> If it's a early 60's(?)Dutch pressed "HIFI STEREO" purple label disc, then
> they do have a cachet among collectors, though I've never seen the prices
> that high. Mostly in the $50 to $100 range per disc. Perhaps the set
> packaging was rare in those pressings? Were these originally recorded by
> the Mercury team for Philips like the Richter/Liszt Piano concerti disc?
> Those seem to have more value because of who did the recording, than the
> performance it self.
>
Collectors of sixties "rock" unlike us 78 collectors live in a totally
different
univerese...! I once bought a Billie Holiday 78 very cheaply...because it
was listed as "paint on label"...! It had a number. entered by its original
owner, on its label...so I bought it for $2 + change!

Steven C. Barr