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• The Classic Records re-issue... - fishy 15:53:53 05/28/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: This Mobley LP must have set the new all time high for a BN. posted by peteSF on May 28, 2015 at 08:05:49

  ...is one of my favorite lps, and it sounds fantastic.
  
  Dan
  

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  • That's a 1st class, quality pressing!...N/T - musetap 20:43:00 05/28/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: The Classic Records re-issue... posted by fishy on May 28, 2015 at 15:53:53

    N/T
    "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure

    
    
    

    
    
    

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• Hilarious. - jusbe 15:06:00 05/28/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: This Mobley LP must have set the new all time high for a BN. posted by peteSF on May 28, 2015 at 08:05:49

  One can get perfectly decent Japanese pressings of this for sensible money. I got a sealed Japanese pressing in January.
  
  I believe in time travel but wouldn't pay that much for it! A decent idler deck, vintage tonarm and cartridge will get you 90% of the way there...
  
  
  Big J
  
  "... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
  
  
  
  

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  • Beyond Hilarious. - genungo 15:56:54 05/28/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Hilarious. posted by jusbe on May 28, 2015 at 15:06:00

    For the rich vinylphile who needed this LP in order to complete a very fine Blue Note collection, $10,000 is like a drop in the bucket.
    

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• As my son recently said, "This is the best possible use of too much money." - alaskahiatt 11:39:54 05/28/15 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: This Mobley LP must have set the new all time high for a BN. posted by peteSF on May 28, 2015 at 08:05:49

  However, my son was talking about a Chinese businessman who built his company headquarters in the shape of the Star Trek Enterprise.
  
  After spending $11,191.63 on a record, do you frame it or play it? It's like spending thousands of dollars on a big diamond ring, but you don't dare wear it in public in order to avoid getting mugged. I would think that these ultra expensive things are only good for your kids at your estate sale or to pay for your future heart transplant.

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  • Hardly....... - viridian 09:41:01 05/30/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: As my son recently said, "This is the best possible use of too much money." posted by alaskahiatt on May 28, 2015 at 11:39:54

    ......it's really no better, or worse, than buying vintage watches with tons of complications, or vintage Ferraris.
    
    Some will never understand that provenance has a value to some people and many more will not be able to afford vintage luxury goods even if they do understand.
    

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  • Damn that's cool!...N/T - musetap 20:34:18 05/28/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: As my son recently said, "This is the best possible use of too much money." posted by alaskahiatt on May 28, 2015 at 11:39:54

    N/T
    "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure

    
    
    

    
    
    

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  • Yes, they play it on Caliburn Continuum with the Koetsu Coralstone.. - vinyl1 16:31:40 05/28/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: As my son recently said, "This is the best possible use of too much money." posted by alaskahiatt on May 28, 2015 at 11:39:54

    ....Platinum Mono. Why do you think they sell $15K mono cartridges? Somebody must be using them for something!
    

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    • That's rich! I love it. :^) - alaskahiatt 01:32:00 05/29/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Yes, they play it on Caliburn Continuum with the Koetsu Coralstone.. posted by vinyl1 on May 28, 2015 at 16:31:40

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• Man... that's WAY up there... - musetap 09:20:16 05/28/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: This Mobley LP must have set the new all time high for a BN. posted by peteSF on May 28, 2015 at 08:05:49

  A Japanese friend tells a great story about a well known American record auctioneer who took
  his incredible success and teamed with a Japanese dealer to open a small, NICE shop in Tokyo many
  moons ago. They had all the shite, including that Mobley on a wall display.
  Asking 3 grand for it on opening day, they do the "sell" on it to a client.

  Deal done, guy leaves with his nice 1568, happy as a clam.

  They wait a bit, reach under the counter and replace it with another copy.

  Apparently they were able to do that a few times. This was about 25-30 years ago.

  11k is nuts. Wonder where it went?
  
  "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

  
  
  

  
  
  

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  • RE: Man... that's WAY up there... - peteSF 13:00:04 05/28/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Man... that's WAY up there... posted by musetap on May 28, 2015 at 09:20:16

    To date the most I've paid for 1 record is $200. The vast majority of the 5K records I own were purchased for under $5 each. Many for pennies.
    I suppose, If I was a CEO or something like one, and had tons of cash, I would go after all the records on my "want" list, (of course that list would be gigantic) with little regard to price. But I can't see paying $11K.
    
    Today, most of the time I walk in and out of record stores empty handed. This is due in part to many selling the high-end stuff online, but also because I already have everything. The stuff I am looking for is rare and thus expensive, but I am still relatively sane, so I have limits man.
    P
    

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