Two for me ..

One was a Decca (Canada) 78 of I Met Him on a Sunday by the Shirelles Decca 30588. It went for about US$15 / £10 .. when it seems to regularly go for 4 times that.Seems only reason was a small edge chip that did not affect play.

Second is the 78 of Autumn Melody/ Rose Rose I Love you by Yao Lee on Indian Pathe for China (Pathe 35500. Got it for 25 cents at the local Sally Ann's -- its gone for over US$400 on eBay

Amy

"I Met Him On A Sunday"(Da-Doo-Ron-Ron) on a 78? how far behind the times was Canada? Here in Australia we in NSW used to joke about the state to our north, Queensland, being 20 years behind the times... but this example puts that one about Queensland in the shade! I know that India was still issuing on 78 well into the 1960s, but Canada.....?

@Break-In Master, I worry about you going to "flea markets", you may come out with an uncontrollable urge to scratch! By the way, just how much to fleas cost?

Don't worry, I try never to scratch records!!
I'm not sure what you'd call them, I don't think it'd be a boot sale. A flea market is where a bunch of people with some of their stuff to sell, mostly stuff they don't want anymore and are willing to let it go pretty cheaply, gather together in a single location and sell their wares to anybody that happens by and is interested. Nobody actually sells fleas. There's too many dogs that are MORE than willing to GIVE them away!!

Turns out I may have had an even better day on Sunday than first thought....


...just got round to having a look at some of the 45s I grabbed, and recording them, all great tunes, so I'm already up in that sense!

... got Hawkwind: Urban Guerrilla, Uriah Heep: Stealin', The Move: California Man, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich: Hideaway, and a couple of digipak CDs: Yes: Close to The edge (will enter this today), and Arctic Monkeys: Whatever....

But the one which prove the bargain of the day was the Status Quo Pye single: Tune To The Music... I'd never seen quo on Pye before, and thought: "Hmmm... that looks interesting", so grabbed it. Great tune, and B-side, and turns out pretty rare single.... but what's more it's got a solid centre, which I can't find another one like it on the net (scans on 45cat).

So all in all, a great day, and feelin' groovy!

I like Quo.

...and I'm going to get that printed on a T-Shirt (With an MCA logo )

We call 'em Garage Sales here! Stalls set up in someone's garage(carport), flogging off records, bits of electrical gear, toys, furniture... etc. either just to clear the clutter or because they might be moving and don't want to take all that "stuff" with them. Similar idea to your British Boot Sales, really(though how many boots get sold, I've no idea)

Yeah, we have garage sales and yard sales here, too, but that usually just means one persons things up for sale. The flea market allows a lot of people with stuff to sell to gather together in one place to sell their stuff. The local one is held in a parking lot (car park) and each slot in the car park is rented by a single seller for the $5.00 for the length of that day's sale. As it's a community parking lot owned by the borough, the borough gets the money to put towards things they need for the town.

Sounds good! More power to ya! Come to think of it, these events do happen here but occasionally they're held indoors in large(cavernous) auditoria or indoor sporting venues, A table set up, piled with goodies(?) to flog (?= depends on a buyer's view of the merchandise).

Yeah, we have them indoors, too, sometimes.

About once a year, Jerry will have a huge record sale. He'll rent out a huge hall and have dozens of tables of records, a few thousand per table, and they usually got for 25 - 50 cents per 45, maybe a dollar per album. I'm never there long enough to go through everything, so, I'm not sure what the 78's go for, if he sells any at all.

A "huge record sale" ay? You'd need an even more huge turntable to play them on! Geez, how heavy would the pick-up arm be? You'd get a hernia trying to lift it!

Yes, he DOES have 16" transcription and V-discs!!