In a message dated 27 Dec 96  02:02:52, Don Dellmann wrote:
 DD> While tripping merrily through the mail, Scott Mcgowan was overheard
 DD> Well, Your collection starts where mine ends (I collect late 40's to
 DD> late 60's) but yeah, it's a great hobby.
 SM> Yeh, it's a great hobby, but it's depressing when you can't find what
 SM> you're looking for, and when you do, the price can be
 SM> astronomical!!!!! 
 DD> I find most of my nicest pieces at garage sales, and even thrift shops.
 DD> If there's something I MUST have (e.g. a 45 of Ertha Kitt doing "Santa
 DD> Baby")
 DD> I will go to a dealer, but yes, prices can get a little steep.  I've 
 DD> even gotten good deals there though.  Once I stopped in just as the
 DD> dealer
 DD> was unloading a collection from his truck he'd just picked up.  There
 DD> were about 500 78's he didn't particularly want to sort through, so
 DD> I got all of them for ten bucks.  There was a lot of good vintage 
 DD> there, nice copies of people like Pat Boone, The Platters, Rusty Draper,
 DD> even some Johnny Cash on Sun (no Elvis though), so I'd say I got my
 DD> money's worth.
 DD> One thing I like to do at rummage or garage sales, when someone has a
 DD> large quantity of 45's, I'll look at the first 20 or so, if there's
 DD> anything
 DD> there that looks decent, I'll make an offer for the whole lot, (usually
 DD> about 5 or 10 cents a disc), then, I have a few pleasurable afternoons
 DD> just going through them picking out the pieces I don't have.  The excess
 DD> goes out at my own next rummage sale.
 DD> Don
That is true, some of the best deals are at garage sales. One other trick 
I've learned is; at times you'll see a turn table for sale but no records. 9 
times out of 10, the people selling the record player never even thought 
about selling their records. Geez, their selling their only means to play 
them, but they forget to sell the records. I can usually find some beauty 
records at really cheap prices.
Scott
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