Comments on: A Misadventure in Jazz Collecting, Part 5

By: Juancho

Juancho — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:44:13 +0000

I was expecting a cool quarter mil, to be honest. Debby even blew me away with her number.

I worked at a used book/music/movies store. We NEVER paid more than 40% of what we expected to sell an item for, and that was items that would sell within a few days. Much more common was 10-20%.

And yes, this included a lot of experience with rare and collectible items, from signed first edition books to first pressings of records. Between retail and the online marketplace, anyone with half a brain could develop a feel for what to pay for something and how fast it would sell.

By: Tom Schirmer

Tom Schirmer — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:42:00 +0000

Show of hands: who’s sick of hitting refresh on their browser and just wants to read the freakin’ finale. Let’s go, Al!

By: Stuttering Esther

Stuttering Esther — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 01:04:54 +0000

Al
You are a bad man .

By: Woody

Woody — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 22:05:22 +0000

Al still hasn’t seen the condition of the actual records themselves.
I’ve had collectors swear their records are mint and when I would point out scratches and scuffs they would exclaim, “But I haven’t played them in over 20 years”.
Unlike emotional scars, vinyl records don’t heal themselves over time!!!

By: jazzhead

jazzhead — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:30:29 +0000

Petition: We Want Part 6 Now Please Al!!! 🙂

Signed:
jazzhead

By: JerryM

JerryM — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:16:44 +0000

I bet I know how it ends… ‘Debbie’ is really Djukic in drag.

By: Michel

Michel — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 09:46:44 +0000

I’d have picked up 10 records i really need for my collection and show her some good and fresh cash according the price i plan to pay. Cash is a very useful to help this kind of people decide to sell. Then i’d have run away with my record pile and forget about the rest of the collection.

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:26:34 +0000

So who is richer, the one who spends $40,000.00 on vinyl or gives $20,000 to charity ? Sorry to put in this context but to quote Al “I am not rich) … I remember how sick you were after the election.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:26:32 +0000

Can’t wait for the the next post, the suspense is killing me!!!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:11:10 +0000

I Think She Throws The Towel in and Al Gets his way. I hope , the guy deserves a break after all this grief. If he does maybe he do a Waltz For Debbie.