HW RE: site for collectors CDr dodgy ness ?

[Doug Pearson]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:08:03 -0000, David Dobbie <david.dobbie at BT.COM>
wrote:
>
>Hawkwind Warrior On The Edge Of Time £52.21  Other
>Condition: NM
>Item Number: Q15568
>CD-R + Vinyl Combo: UK / 1975 GATEFOLD TSUAG29766
>
>Always been dubious of NM, what does it mean surely a record is mint
>or e mean near mint?

Any serious record collector/dealer will tell you that the only records
that are MINT are records that have never been played.  If a record has
been played once, but the vinyl is still in perfect condition, it cannot
be called Mint, hence the "Near Mint" (or "Mint Minus") grade.

>Why oh why do people pay these silly prices.

£50 is small change for seriously collectable records.

I believe that someone else on the list can do a better job of explaining
the laws of "supply and demand" than I can ...

    -Doug (who, of course, wishes that everyone could buy a Warrior CD for
£10)
     jasret at mindspring.com