As I posted recently, I went on a CD safari and ended returning with 20 CDs. 15 of those were purchased from two flea market vendors, both of whom said they were collectors.
In the first booth I went to, I felt I was in a hurry for time, so I scanned the discs very quickly, looking for smooth cases. However, I saw one CD that I had scored on my last flea market trip that was a valuable find. The CD wasn’t in a a smooth case (actually a shitty, flimsy case), so I was curious what a normal edition of that album looked like. When I opened the case, I was surprised. Similar to my previous reaction to finding gold, I said, “Oh, it’s a red-faced Polydor. Nice.”
Only a real geek would say “a red-faced Polydor”, right? That’s a statement that would come out of the mouth of an orthinologist. Like, you should log that in a bird-watching book along with the time and location. But, I didn’t log it, I bought it. WHY? I already had one and it was a valuable one at that! Sometimes, you can’t explain these things to collectors. Different is good.
When I got home and cleaned the CDs all up, I researched what I had purchased. Now you may recall the post about my $300 find for $3. Well, this time, I paid $5, and wouldn’t you know it? Someone has paid over $500 for this CD.
I now have both of these CDs. What’s the difference? 100% appearance. These are the two CDs. They have the same music.
And when I say they have the same music, I checked. They DO. I posted this on Relative Waves. It’s the same.
That’s two waveforms overlaid on each other. There’s no green or white peeking out anywhere. That means no differences. SAME SAME SAME.
Anyway. So now I have a new most valuable CD. Again, by a large margin. In fact, my collection value went up by over $1000 from this last trip. After all, I did find a bunch of other rarities.
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