What makes this recording worth twelve and a half grand?
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It’s autographed by Richard Wagner, of course.
If you’re really interested in it I did see that Amazon has the exact same set at $180 new and some of their affiliates are offering it at $100.
I have Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic on LP from Time/Life when I was a kid. $100 on CD makes we want to eat macaroni and cheese for a while. Thanks. 
This is the part that intrigues me the most about that listing:
Too many old Nazi’s kickin’ it in Brazil and trying to get some Wagner for their iPods or something? I thought they all went to Argentina. 
It’s only worth that much if someone’s willing to pay that much.
Nah, the laws regarding stem cell researching and cloning are better in Brazil.
I suspect a misplaced decimal point, and that the actual price is $124.95. Either that, or that the U.S. dollar has dropped worse than I heard.
(Why do people put an apostrophe in “Nazis”?)
I think its the same reason they put apostrophes in “Ps and Qs.”
I own this recording, and have had it for years. It was worth every penny I paid for it. Fortunately, I did not pay twelve large.
Your location seems to be near that of Siegfried.