Record finds of 2022

[Heitkotter77]

Except the general value of collectibles aren't tied to inflation rates, just supply and demand (and hype and the occasional shill bid).
If anything, inflation causes a decline in demand for less essential goods and that would cause a decline in the price of a collectible, or at the least, offset any rise due to inflation.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Perhaps what not everyone is taking into account is that with inflation over the last two years - last couple of decades really, but last few years especially - the relative value of the dollar is about half what it was in 2019 (I don't believe for a second the official inflation figures). So if you sell a record for the same dollar figure that you paid for it a few years ago or more, you're actually making a big loss.

Funny...my income is still the same though. Of course the word "inflation" was just 'made up' by conservatives in 2022 according to Joy Reid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Except the general value of collectibles aren't tied to inflation rates, just supply and demand (and hype and the occasional shill bid).
If anything, inflation causes a decline in demand for less essential goods and that would cause a decline in the price of a collectible, or at the least, offset any rise due to inflation.

Those who can afford it buy up collectibles as a hedge against inflation, unfortunately that probably doesn't include garage collectibles.

 

[Heitkotter77]

Those who can afford it buy up collectibles as a hedge against inflation, unfortunately that probably doesn't include garage collectibles.

It would be essentially what one could call the blue-chip records, Beatles, Blue Notes and the like.
And most of those who do that are not really collectors, but would-be investors who don't understand that collectibles don't work like securities in that sense. But then they expect a to make a profit on their investments and eventually try to sell at prices already above the inflated prices they created. However, the average collector can't or won't pay the price and their only option would be other "investors".

I saw this happen in the 80s with baseball cards, which even got to the ridiculous extreme of what was called the mega-market. That traded in lots of 1,000 of any particular newer card (at this point, Topps, Fleer & Donruss were printing at least a million of each card each year) with prices going up and down like the stcok market based on how each particular player did each day. So, if Ken Griffey Jr. hit two home runs one day, his cards (especially his rookie cards) went up; if he went 0 for 4 with all strikeouts, the values dropped. They even had a board with current quotes.
And the blue chips in this case were primarily pre-1948 cards and 1952 Topps.

I look at the whole concept of investing in collectibles as a demonstration of Gresham's Law, bad money driving out good. If we want, we can think of the clubbers buying up garage and psych 45s at "club" prices as the bad money.

 

[Jim]

I've got my mind set on a new Moto Guzzi V-9 this year. If anybody needs a M Liberty Lads (Dixon)...I'll consider barter

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/134396...h1QYA4gEAQYAiABEgI37vD_BwE&ref=is_pla_desktop

Done deal. Send the 45 and I'll send you your v9

 

[Frantic]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/134396...h1QYA4gEAQYAiABEgI37vD_BwE&ref=is_pla_desktop

Done deal. Send the 45 and I'll send you your v9

Seems like Jim might make out just a tad.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Seems like Jim might make out just a tad.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/134396...h1QYA4gEAQYAiABEgI37vD_BwE&ref=is_pla_desktop

Done deal. Send the 45 and I'll send you your v9

Cool...I'll take the model (plus a VG++ Next Step 45) in trade.

 

[Jim]

cool my good friend alas no Next Step available so no deal I'll ride the wooden horse myself my cat doesn't approve though....

 

[Mr.Segment]

THE WHAT: Escape (Martinack)
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Similarly nice was getting this super clean “Relative Distance” fave in a swap. According to recent sales // offerings it's a case for the g45 “quantity find” section.

Really? There's quantity around of this now? I've had a copy twice, wouldn't mind re-owning it again. Lost my popsike access, how many have been sold recently? (I can update the quantity list)

 

[gregk25]

Really? There's quantity around of this now? I've had a copy twice, wouldn't mind re-owning it again. Lost my popsike access, how many have been sold recently? (I can update the quantity list)

Popsike has become less and less an indicator with many sales being set up directly over different social media platforms. But seeing a few NM copies being offered out of the band's home region it smelled like quantity.

 

[ohiogarage]

Rhythm Boy points out the inoperative cancer in the world of record collecting - the overpriced (and, in most cases, equally over-graded) offerings of 45s by a seller. Motives are either clueless, greed-driven, or a combination of both in varying degrees.

The recent d**k move by a "collector" on discogs, posting 45s he has but does not want to sell; hence, $6K and up ransom price tags. The fact that discogs does not let a user block a seller when perusing 45s makes this most annoying.....Of course, this inane yet laughable pricing causes a rippling effect for anyone who wants to sell one of those 45s and must price it near to these ridiculous offerings, for want of getting ripped off (exactly what another seller relayed to me). I've never understood people who post 45s for sale, the prices are too high, and yet the person remains married to his asking price. If you REALLY want to sell something that sits unsold at your original asking price, lower the price by more than a measly 10%, or better yet - or auction it. The excuse "I have X amount into it" = you over-paid if you cannot sell it for the price paid, let alone at a profit.

This is one reason I've backed down considerably from the 45 acquistions game over the past couple of years...that, and the comforting fact that I have a high percentage (85%) of the collectible U.S. garage 45s by now, prices paid by me for hi-grades even recently were far, far less than what newbies or the dj sect are fighting over & coughing up for beaters.

My interest now is picking up fairly priced remaining wants via private deals from respected sellers who don't flaunt wares on the net or social media, and 45s I have been seeking for many years but are thankfully off the radar of most collectors of the genre. Here is an example - this was a give-a-way priced, very scarce 45 recently snagged as the year closed. I'm sure the Ohio experts know more than thou, but I would think there cannot be too many of these floating around

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Hey Mike, great score! I only know of 5 copies in Ohio collections. Rare indeed. PAMA pressing like the Vikings!

 

[nadorozny2001]

i'm thinking of what i got last year hmmm....
the king beezzz-now /lost & found
gillian russell-man in the street new syndrome
richie knight & the mid knights-i'm alright /work song rca victor canada
the pacers -i want you back rca victor canada

these are the ones i found in the wild not on ebay or discogs

 

[undertheclock]

Rhythm Boy points out the inoperative cancer in the world of record collecting - the overpriced (and, in most cases, equally over-graded) offerings of 45s by a seller. Motives are either clueless, greed-driven, or a combination of both in varying degrees.

The recent d**k move by a "collector" on discogs, posting 45s he has but does not want to sell; hence, $6K and up ransom price tags. The fact that discogs does not let a user block a seller when perusing 45s makes this most annoying.....Of course, this inane yet laughable pricing causes a rippling effect for anyone who wants to sell one of those 45s and must price it near to these ridiculous offerings, for want of getting ripped off (exactly what another seller relayed to me). I've never understood people who post 45s for sale, the prices are too high, and yet the person remains married to his asking price. If you REALLY want to sell something that sits unsold at your original asking price, lower the price by more than a measly 10%, or better yet - or auction it. The excuse "I have X amount into it" = you over-paid if you cannot sell it for the price paid, let alone at a profit.

This is one reason I've backed down considerably from the 45 acquistions game over the past couple of years...that, and the comforting fact that I have a high percentage (85%) of the collectible U.S. garage 45s by now, prices paid by me for hi-grades even recently were far, far less than what newbies or the dj sect are fighting over & coughing up for beaters.

My interest now is picking up fairly priced remaining wants via private deals from respected sellers who don't flaunt wares on the net or social media, and 45s I have been seeking for many years but are thankfully off the radar of most collectors of the genre. Here is an example - this was a give-a-way priced, very scarce 45 recently snagged as the year closed. I'm sure the Ohio experts know more than thou, but I would think there cannot be too many of these floating around

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If one were cynical, the 10% "sale" price could be viewed as a targeted code word identification.

 

[undertheclock]

I was lucky with a good year from my limited perspective.
1. The Bends If It's All The Same To You/Four Seasons------Smokey Cavalier song on back. Rebel
2. Blue Beats Super-Man/I Can't Get Close Beowoolf
3. Your Mother Cryptic Subterfuge/Hello Your Mother Enterprises
4. The Rogues - Tobacco Road/Heavy Boss City
5, The Ravens - Working For The Man / Sleepless Nights Haven Records
6,Reverbs "Chalk Up" LP (2)
7. Uncle Bob and the Fireproof Band Change in My Life/That's How Strong My Love Is Busy Bee Records
8. Sleepy Hollow Way Back Then/The Dark of Night
9. Wanderers CAGG What's Right? / Consolidated Character
10. Tony Valletta Trio Fantasy Garbage Man / Hedgehopper