A Question about Euclid records

[michel1969]

Everybody knows them on Ebay.

How can they have SO MUCH incredible condition records ? While quality records are getting rarer each day, Euclid records seems to have an endless stock of immaculate, minty, pristine original records to auction ?

Absolutely no suspicion in my question, just wonder. And want your advice.

[Dan Gould]

I think Euclid Joe spends a lot of time finding widows who are willing to sell their husband's collections for pennies on the dollar.

[michel1969]

I think Euclid Joe spends a lot of time finding widows

It must be a rewarding job.

[mtodde]

I've had very good experience with them and picked up several Japanese Verve LPs that were also good deals.

[michel1969]

I must precise that I've bought many original pressing from them, too. Always incredible conditions and outstanding service.

[sidewinder]

Even Joe's not-so-mint boxes are worth a shufties !

[dsockel]

I think his location has a good bit to do with it.

St. Louis/E. St. Louis was a very active and vibrant african-american city in the 50s-70s. It was a northern city in that the population had money and could afford to buy records. Similar to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. (Contrast this with some southern cities like Atlana where I now live.) A lot of the stuff we like to collect was sold there.

Lastly, I might be that when the Japanese collectors hit the US hard (I wasn't collecting records back then so help me here) and cleaned out alot of places, may be St. Louis was passed over?

Couple these demographics with a smart, active collector with a nose for buying up collections over the years, and that probably explains it.

[michel1969]

I think his location has a good bit to do with it.

St. Louis/E. St. Louis was a very active and vibrant african-american city in the 50s-70s. It was a northern city in that the population had money and could afford to buy records. Similar to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. (Contrast this with some southern cities like Atlana where I now live.) A lot of the stuff we like to collect was sold there.

Lastly, I might be that when the Japanese collectors hit the US hard (I wasn't collecting records back then so help me here) and cleaned out alot of places, may be St. Louis was passed over?

Couple these demographics with a smart, active collector with a nose for buying up collections over the years, and that probably explains it.

Interesting informations... Thanks for sharing it.