From Peter Becker Sent Fri, Mar 27th 1998, 13:29
From Peter Becker Sent Fri, Mar 27th 1998, 13:29
Well, I seemed to have started a bit of a thread with the whole SKAM001 thing. Sorry for those that begrudge *me* for doing my broke friend a favor. He's broke, has a SKAMPLER and knows the hunger of the drooling record collector. This morning's highest bid is $250.00 I will close the bid today. He has gathered *many* more items including several super rare Aphex pieces. I will post these next week. Some comments: > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:38:39 -0800 From: Greg Earle <xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx> Subject: (idm) Re: skam 01 Is there some place where these hyper-inflated prices are mentioned? Like "Goldmine" or some obscure 'Net auction site? I probably have a lot of the aforementioned stuff just gathering dust, because I'm completely out of that loop. Can I sucker some rivethead kid into taking my TG "United" 7" (with camo pic sleeve bag) for $300? :-) (Damn, now I'll have to go kill my dog for destroying my original Cosey Fanni Tutti "Time To Tell" cassette ... :-( ) What's my "Ambiant Otaku" going for nowadays, anyway? :-) Agreed, but modulo the packaging. For example, I'd bit on a Joyrex J9i because of the tracks *and* the packaging. On the other hand, I think the one-sided AFX "Falling Free" remix of Curve isn't worth the packaging (i.e., one-sided, plain record, no pic sleeve, etc.) so I'm happy to have it on a CD-WO burn. (Thanks and a tip 'o the hat to Ian) - Greg (the suddenly greedy old record collector) > Though Goldmine does have a bit of coverage on the electronic collectibility tip, the market ( at least to me ) is based on *many* factors: collector magazines, record fairs, record stores ( both the reasonably priced ones and the more realistic ones), general record geek conversations, online stores, online auctions and lo and behold, this list. 1st TG single in the bag?: about 20- 50 bucks max unless it's the clear or white vinyl copies which fetch 40-100 The Cosey tape?: I've seen it as high as 50 bucks, ridiculous for a tape. Otaku?: 50-200, though 100-150 is a common price. "Falling Free": I dunno. I just can't keep up with Aphex prices. ps: the most I've ever seen a collector pay for *1* record is $2,500.00 This was a friend of mine who collects prog/psych/kraut It was a Spanish prog record limited to 20 copies. Oh well, I'd settle for a tape but to each his/her own. Cheers, Peter np: Thomas Koner - Kaamos ps: on the whole collector thing, if you live in the NYC area and have never gone to a WFMU record fair, you are truly missing out. It will be held on April 11th this year. I will post details. Next to the Austin fair, it's the biggest and the best ( at least in the U.S. ). I'll be there gouging all the collectors. ******************************************************** xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx, <also: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> Peter Becker - Distribution Manager/ DJ Pool / Mail Order Demo Tape Filter Asphodel - PO Box 51, Chelsea Station, NY NY 10113 Ph: (212) 604-9362, FAX: (212)604-0783 http://www.asphodel.com NEW WEBSITE UP: NEW INFO, NEW SOUNDS! NEW GOODIES! *********************************************************