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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: stillivor on January 08, 2012, 11:11:53 AM
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A friend of mine is an eBay-watcher.
He told me yesterday th't that set of M2 on 78s, that is, the first edition of the world's first recording of a Mahler Symphony sold recently.
Anyone want to guess how much? Leaving aside the expert eBay history researchers :-)
Ivor
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Not knowing whether they were sold using dollars or Euros, in either case I'd hate to pay the shipping for something as heavy as this recording would be!
Wade
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The figure I heard was in pounds.
Ivor
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I couldn't resist checking out eBay. There is another complete set in a bound album currently up for auction in $US with one bid on it. I won't be a spoiler, but my jaw hit the keyboard when I saw the price :o
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Unfortunately, I couldn't find it. But if someone is willing to pay $200+ for Lenny's DG recording of a single symphony, I can only imagine that the price is $1,000+ or maybe even 1,000+ pounds.
Hey, anyone willing to pay $1,800 for a complete set of Lenny's DG recordings of M1 thru M9? LOL, just kidding.
Roffe
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Here's a link to the one I found if anyone is curious :
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110803945640?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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That's a bit more expensive than the one just sold, at around £2000.
I wonder how many copies were ever pressed. Lovely to see what it looks like.
Ivor
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brunumb,
Now I realize why your jaw hit the keyboard. And the bidding isn't finished yet.
Roffe
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It's the result of offering something both much wanted and rare.
Ivor
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Two bidders fought it out for the set on eBay and it finally sold for US$5,900 :o
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110803945640
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That's nearly £4,000.
Ivor