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
