Since Jdaniel113 mentions classical finds, I'll eagerly share mine. I visited a record store downtown in the bar district where records are piled on top of one another, in stacks, on top of shelves and then there are even some in record bins. I went into the cellar basement to look a bit and came across 10 or so 200 gram mono Archive Productions (a period historic division of Deuthche Gramophone) from the early to mid 1950's.
They had a price tag of $4.00 a piece. The covers were in excellent shape so I put on my readers on to check out the condition. I kid you not, they were all virgin vinyl with 4 showing vinyl shards along the records outer edge. All of the printed cardboard inserts were included and pristine.
These platters are so heavy that a record weight is negotiable. This record store can run the extremes when it comes to condition but regardless, the prices stay at about $4.00 for classical mono. I've only played them once and I'm thinking that they should get a good cleaning, however they sound great for sitting in plastic covers for over the past 60 plus years.
They had a price tag of $4.00 a piece. The covers were in excellent shape so I put on my readers on to check out the condition. I kid you not, they were all virgin vinyl with 4 showing vinyl shards along the records outer edge. All of the printed cardboard inserts were included and pristine.
These platters are so heavy that a record weight is negotiable. This record store can run the extremes when it comes to condition but regardless, the prices stay at about $4.00 for classical mono. I've only played them once and I'm thinking that they should get a good cleaning, however they sound great for sitting in plastic covers for over the past 60 plus years.