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Title: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: stillivor on January 08, 2012, 11:11:53 AM
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
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: waderice on January 08, 2012, 01:02:54 PM
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
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: stillivor on January 08, 2012, 11:22:58 PM
The figure I heard was in pounds.



    Ivor
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: brunumb on January 09, 2012, 04:20:12 AM
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
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: Roffe on January 09, 2012, 06:20:26 AM
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
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: brunumb on January 09, 2012, 08:02:10 AM
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

Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: stillivor on January 09, 2012, 08:42:56 AM
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

Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: Roffe on January 09, 2012, 09:29:57 AM
brunumb,

Now I realize why your jaw hit the keyboard. And the bidding isn't finished yet.

Roffe
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: stillivor on January 09, 2012, 01:18:48 PM
It's the result of offering something both much wanted and rare.



    Ivor
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: brunumb on January 16, 2012, 01:59:59 AM
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
Title: Re: Set of 78s of M2 under Fried sold on eBay
Post by: stillivor on January 16, 2012, 11:09:44 PM
That's nearly £4,000.



    Ivor