I could care less about most of the common,more pedestrian classical stuff you see,the budget reissues,the 70s Columbias,post Tulip DGGs,and Angels,but I am really upset there is not more of a market for the high end condition copies of the pre-1956 mono Lps,and not just the usual violinists,and chamber music groups.I started to collect classical records in 1990.Although these records make up well over half of my classical Lp collection,it has been a lot of work.As I was saying on Audio Karma the other day,at least half,or more,of the pre stereo classical Lps you see are in VG or lower condition.You might pick out a stack of twenty or thirty records like this at a thrift store,and come away with one or two that were truly mint minus.It has been like this as long as I have been buying,and there have been less and less of the early Lps turning up all the time.Truly 78s are more common,and more likely to be in top condition.I only have a lot,because I
used t hit so many thrift stores.
Roger
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From: Carl Pultz <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Classical LP Price Guide?
Melissa, that's an long established reality. The entire catalog of
mainstream classical LPs have been on the second-hand market for 20 years,
and haven't sold. It's tragic, but the typical RCA, Columbia, Angel,
Philips, DG records are commercially worthless. Budget labels even more so.
I have a couple hundred albums culled out for disposal, and I think the
trash is what's going happen to them. I hate to burden Goodwill with them.
Rochester is stuffed full!
Randy, YES. A microcosm. A canary in a coal mine.
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Classical LP Price Guide?
I agree with Randy. I just took 4 large crates of classical LPs to the
Record Archive shop in Rochester, NY (some of you might remember from the
conference) and out of it all, they only accepted 5 LPs. What they accepted
was all more experimental in content. They had zero interest in anything
pre-1900, so I took the rest to Volunteers of America to donate.
-Melissa
On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:52 PM, "Randy A. Riddle" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I have to wonder if the market for classical cds, particularly used
> cds, has gone downhill a bit because of layoffs and cutbacks in higher
> ed the past few years. I have one friend, a musician, that's typical
> - he was laid off and pretty much had to sell a big swath of his
> classical cd collection to get by. At first, he could sell them at
> used cd/record stores; now they're glutted and don't take them unless
> they're unusual.
>
> A significant component of the market for classical works is
> associated with higher ed and arts organizations.
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>> As far as I know the only comprehensive price guide for Classical
recordings was
>> the one prepared and published by David Canfield. It dates from 2000 and,
based
>> upon my own experience, things have changed since then. Since I retired,
my wife
>> and I sell recordings (CDs and LPs) which are donated to our record
company and
>> use the profit to fund releases. The Canfield Guide lists Lyrita records
at
>> prices ranging from about $8-49. We just advertised a group of about 25
Lyrita
>> discs (near mint condition) and sold but a few of them at around $7.
each. More
>> than half--no bids. I have found that some of the higher priced items
still
>> command a "higher" price, but in general, I have watched price fall
>> significantly.
>>
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