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  • Another VERY Expensive Doo Wop 45, from 1958

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 23 12:30:05 2023
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZVjKgP6jDk

    THE CALENDARS - IF I COULD HOLD YOUR HAND

    Fred Bohn, Pittsburgh Collector and Store Owner (The Attic Records) recently paid 7K for a clean copy of this.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to RWC on Sat Sep 23 17:13:30 2023
    On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 7:59:12 PM UTC-4, RWC wrote:
    On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:30:05 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZVjKgP6jDk

    THE CALENDARS - IF I COULD HOLD YOUR HAND

    Fred Bohn, Pittsburgh Collector and Store Owner (The Attic Records) recently paid 7K for a clean copy of this.
    this is the most expensive single postage stamp (as distinct from an envelope cover with stamp, or a small block of stamps);

    in 2014 the stamp sold for US$9,480,000;

    the image link itself tells you what the stamp is:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/British_Guiana_1856_1c_magenta_stamp.jpg/1024px-British_Guiana_1856_1c_magenta_stamp.jpg

    this stamp is not at all attractive to look at,
    and the record above is not 'attractive' to listen to :-)

    Depends on who is doing the listening, but collectors don't just buy a record because of what it sounds like. If that's all they cared about they could download the sound for free.

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 23 19:59:07 2023
    On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:30:05 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZVjKgP6jDk

    THE CALENDARS - IF I COULD HOLD YOUR HAND

    Fred Bohn, Pittsburgh Collector and Store Owner (The Attic Records) recently paid 7K for a clean copy of this.

    this is the most expensive single postage stamp (as distinct from an
    envelope cover with stamp, or a small block of stamps);

    in 2014 the stamp sold for US$9,480,000;

    the image link itself tells you what the stamp is:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/British_Guiana_1856_1c_magenta_stamp.jpg/1024px-British_Guiana_1856_1c_magenta_stamp.jpg

    this stamp is not at all attractive to look at,
    and the record above is not 'attractive' to listen to :-)

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 23 20:28:20 2023
    On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:13:30 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    collectors don't just buy a record because of what it sounds like

    yes, we get that

    https://hmv.com/blog/music/the-10-most-expensive-vinyl-records-ever-sold

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  • From Dean F.@21:1/5 to RWC on Sat Sep 23 21:05:53 2023
    On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 7:59:12 PM UTC-4, RWC wrote:

    this stamp is not at all attractive to look at,
    and the record above is not 'attractive' to listen to :-)

    I think it's a nice ballad.

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to Dean F. on Sun Sep 24 09:30:18 2023
    On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at 05:05:55 UTC+1, Dean F. wrote:
    On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 7:59:12 PM UTC-4, RWC wrote:
    this stamp is not at all attractive to look at,
    and the record above is not 'attractive' to listen to :-)
    I think it's a nice ballad.

    I found it on the maudlin side. A 5 at best

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