$700 (okie condition).
here’s da problem when u buy the new set. either u can make money out of it later on or u possibly lose some. da cover price for ruby set is $1,500. some ppl, however, like to get a new set. im just not one of them as long as the condition is fine with no deep scratches or whatsoever affecting the playing. it’s fine by me. i can’t think of any better places besides ebay.com if u would like to get one. amazon.com has it on and off for $1,500. it’s abit too much, so i don’t really recommend anyone paying for this unless u, first of all, are really into rubinstein, and secondly, u wanna get the special book portraying his life long career coming along with the box set. the latter cds are not as good as the 1st half which i already mentioned. well, he’s very old.
similarly, da rectum prague set. when it first came out, it only cost $90 including shipping. many ppl neglect it thinking there’s plenty of time to buy it. look, now u need to tripple that original price. da same sheeyat goes to richter authorized recs issued by philips, 22 cd set. diz set costs around $300 more or less when buying new a few years back then. in da present time, u need $850.
for da great pianists series, $2,400 is the cover price. there are a bunch of mofoz rushing their ass off buying this set with a hope or re-selling it in the future. dont be fool when u see limited edition (they never tell u how much they really issue and how long da sheeyat will be available). some smart mofoz seperate da discs and sell each of them seperately. da highest price cud go up to $60 and vice versa, $5. I bought da arrau from great pianists series vol.4-6 at $6 each (2 cd set). da sheeyat thing is that dis set can only be sold $1,400 at most with mint condition, preferably new; otherwise the price drops down based upon the condition.
if u are a enthusiastic cd collector, i recommend u to buy Richter CDs (
u gotta love him first) b/c whenever u get bored and want to re-sell it, u get a pretty damn good price. da chris can randomly get a nice sport car if he unleashes all his richter cds on ebay.com, slowly. richter in leipzig cd (music and arts: 28th nov 1963) costs around $150 now. i used to roughly count richter commercial discs and there are more than 300 CDs. this is not to include his unpublished recitals and private stuff b/c when i can never precisely sum them all up. still, u indeed need at least 15K above to have a complete richter collection. again, there’s no way u can collect all dis sheeyat b/c 60% of them are hardly available now.
as an economist trained, collecting richter CDs actually yields more than 4.5% interest rate (12 months). So, instead of putting all your savings in da bank or stock mkt or gov bond (da safe entry tech), rather, put 20% aside and invest it in buying richter CDs (be smart when u buy). not only don’t u lose da money, but u also get da CDs for your listening pleasure and da value of your CDs will go up possibly even better dan da world’s inflation rate.
think of it as an investment, tho quite a provocative idea.
