Ebay, Light Of My Life, Fire Of My Loins, My Sin, My Soul

scott, if you're right then good for him. i just have a hard time believing that a dude who has the collector bug so bad he's shelling out $40k on a single 78 for his personal collection is really bringing in enough to survive. i mean, conservatively, how much do you think dude spends on his own collection every year? a few hundred k? more? you gotta sell the shit out of some records and be finding some really killer deals to even cover the cost of your personal collection much less rent/mortgage/food/beer/etc.

Sometimes I just get pissed off trying to figure out how anyone affords anything.

see, here's the thing though. big 78 collectors (people in their 50's and 60's and 70's) have most of what they need. they don't actually shell out tons of money every year on 78s. in a lot of cases the bulk of their collection was amassed decades ago and they got most of it for peanuts. when pat conte comes in my store i'm ecstatic when he finds stuff that he wants cuz he has almost everything that he wants. the stuff he buys now is just fun stuff that he's never heard. not big ticket things.

he's one of the few people in this country capable of giving someone $$$$$ for a decent pre-war collection. and he buys stuff like that every year. and when people want to sell collections like that they contact him. he does very well.

i did read an interview online where he said he mortgaged his house to buy a priceless collection of blues advertisement art. he uses the art to make calendars and t-shirts. he has a separate site for that. the interview is fun if you see it online.

Is he married? I feel like all of this would drive a wife crazy. At least the $37,100 record stuff.

Maybe he collects them for her and she's like more more more I want more 78s.

so ,with a record like that, once tefteller gets his hands on it, will he play/record it?

he'll probably play it occasionally with a modern stylus that won't damage the grooves. he noted on a facebook group i follow that he's going to have it remastered by Richard Nevins (of Yazoo Records) for inclusion with his next blues calendar/cd combo that he puts out each year. Nevins does a great job with his remastering, he really does. I went to his place once and hung out in his studio and it's really quite impressive. i was actually supposed to go hang out there with some guys TODAY but i had to start my new job instead.

sellin' jazz to jazzers. i like when my pictures come out shiny.

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Is he married? I feel like all of this would drive a wife crazy. At least the $37,100 record stuff.

― Evan, Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Maybe he collects them for her and she's like more more more I want more 78s.

― Untt (La Lechera), Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i lold

...but i had to start my new job instead.

― ian, Friday, September 27, 2013 1:38 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

congrats bro :)

I don't believe what I just won on ebay.

Will tell you later.

wtf dude CMON

What did you get??

I found some Tommy Johnson records too. I can't believe it. They're in great condition.

http://www.tommyjohnsonmusic.com/

Well, first up I just received the Jonathan Richman single, "Roadrunner", on United Artists (UK)

But that's not the one, just one of the ones..

Probably next week.

huh

I think that is technically "Roadrunner Once", the 123456 version?

This one: http://www.sjrp.org/track.php?track=123

Yep.

It's on its way..

You will either say "you are kidding right?" or you are a jazzbod and will say "so?"

An article on the Tommy Johnson record that just went:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rare-Tommy-Johnson-1930-Blues-78-Rpm-Record-Goes-for-37100-on-Ebay-20130930

http://www.ebay.com/itm/78-RPM-RECORD-PARAMOUNT-12909-CHARLEY-PATTON-/300979707477?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4613c9de55

Trying desperately to get in on the $$$$$ action or is that price legitimate?

It (finally) got here! It took a week, which isn't bad for australia, really..

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20100315/290412511215.jpg

oh, a pink label. is that good?

Yeah, it's a stock copy as opposed to a promo (which are more common).

The b-side is 7 mins.

When I first got into the VU, the consencus was unsure this even existed. Thanks to the internet, we know it does.

Anyway, hens teeth, etc.

consensus. My spelling goes west when typing.

Damn, did you spend $400?

1/8

cool!

sick. what's the b side?

Oh sweet nothin'

i put a ten inch up and started it at 9.95. five day auction. it didn't sell. relisted it and it just sold for $109. this is a reminder that i should always relist. sometimes i don't bother and just throw things out into the store if they don't sell.

That's awesome! I'm about to do a big email sale, I think maybe 80 records. It's time for a purge.

I did that one time with a Bob Dylan album, it was on "Buy it now" for £4 for ages.

I re-started it as an auction at £4, it got an opening bid within 1 hour, and ended up going for £12.

JACOB ILL BE WAITING PATIENTLY! your purges are always interesting to me!!!

this guy is local to me. quite a payday. and my kind of stuff. sadly he has only brought me garbage in the past for credit.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/thenon/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=3&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc

that is 100% records I like, records I need, and records I didn't know I needed. would be hard to sell but that's also a lot of money.

yeah i'm guessing they were things he had collected over time. doubt he stumbled upon all that at once. and definitely lots of stuff i would love to have.

thats a lotta psych...!
i'd love to an orig Savage Ressurection..

jeeesus I stopped counting at $15K

http://www.ebay.com/sch/tomkellyarchives/m.html?item=321231094028&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

really glad ebay started showing me thumbnails of adults only items sold by this guy (who also sells records.)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-33-Star-Wars-Science-Fiction-Paperback-Books-X-Wing-Jedi-Skywalker-/290996054185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43c0b768a9

how many sophie tucker records would I have to buy for him to throw in a gratis "50+"?

you should email him and ask.

So I've decided on about 50 records to sell on ebay. I've spent today recording clips of some of the xian yacht rock folk dogshit that maybe I can get money for. I've graded and written descriptions of half of them. This is grueling work. I don't see how people make a living doing this.Would having in the description: "Featuring in the private press coffee table book 'Enjoy The Experience' be in bad form? I don't know how else to sell some of this christian crap.

Would having in the description: "Featuring in the private press coffee table book 'Enjoy The Experience' be in bad form?

no way, that's just straight up marketing. nothing wrong with it imo. (assuming the records you're talking about are actually in the book!)

yeah I have a bunch of bad christian records with cool covers that are in the book. I guess the music has a "real people" vibe but it's unlistenable to my ears.