Comments on: Score One For Jazz Collector

By: MK

MK — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:50 +0000

Great score Al! I can’t understand why a poster like StereoIdiot can’t just be happy for another collector acquiring new pieces for their collections. Regardless of prices paid and overall worth, any new addition to a collection, to the collector, and his collector-friends, should be celebrated and congratulated. Seems to me that a majority of collectors are happy for your score. I could understand Idiot’s disdain if you were gloating and posturing, but you were not. Don’t let a jealous Idiot knock you out of your high! Rock On!

By: MD

MD — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:23:08 +0000

Great score indeed. I think stories like this are great and it’s what keeps us all searching. I’d like to hear more to be honest. As I’ve previously posted I’m fairly new to the world of Jazz and you have all been most helpful in my research of the lucky find I came across so thanks again. Al, I’ll email you pictures of my find this weekend for an expert opinion if it’s alright with you.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000

I am not so sure George. I know a dealer in Paris who recently went to Lausanne with a small van to take delivery of a huge jazz vinyl collection he had just bought from an old guy who had to liquidate his collection because he went to a home for aged people.
There was the famous Maitre de Disques from Amsterdam, with a collection of 10,000. His heirs sold the collection to a second hand record shop, Concerto, in Amsterdam.
There was the 6000 collection of my friend Walter de Block from Brasschaet, near Antwerp (president of the United Hot Clubs of Europe and radio presentator for the Belgian National Radio). He had almost sold his collection to a museum of a medium large French provincial town, when the deal fell through. When he died a few years later, his widow told me that within two days the scavengers had taken care of the collection, nothing left!
There are many hidden treasures sleeping all over Western Europe. The art is to source them, which is not easy.

By: soga57

soga57 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:20:15 +0000

Well, over here in Europe we can only dream of such ocasions to acquire such a collection of originals. Unfortunatel there are not so many first-press jazz records around here.
Congratulations to you, Al.

Regards
George from Switzerland

By: Shaft

Shaft — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:15:12 +0000

+1 for don-lucky’s post

I appreciate that Al did not try to “fool” the guy and depriciate the value of the records 😉

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:04:05 +0000

In full agreement again, Don-Lucky. Every time someone shares a ‘great find’ story over here, I greedily read them in envy. But indeed that’s what makes this site such a great ‘hangout’ for guys like us; young and old 😉

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:49:07 +0000

In response to ‘Stereoidiots’ comment above: I find that these are the type of posts that really help keep the dream alive for most of us here in the ‘Jazz Collective’. It’s similar to those stories you occasionally hear about people discovering lost works of art in a basement, a garage sale or storage auction somewhere. Most of us enjoy a good treasure hunt ourselves, and sharing stories about them just keeps us motivated. For example, take a look back in the JC archives and read all the posts entitled ‘Tales from the Hunt’. They really add another dimension to the site, and is a big part of what separates it from the rest. Besides, where else can we all swap stories about the big score or that one that got away ? …In most cases our significant others don’t necessarily share the same enthusiasm we do for collecting Jazz. Especially when we are spending what we do on these LP’s…

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:27:09 +0000

Nice score Al. Congrats!

By: cy green

cy green — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:14:30 +0000

How would one get a Jazz LINK on this site? And reciprocate?

thanks

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:19:52 +0000

great appetite for our down sizing specialist.