# Wagner Ring recording **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619 "2007-11-08T02:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/1 "2007-11-08T02:12:06Z")
What makes this recording worth twelve and a half grand? [Link](http://cgi.ebay.com/RICHARD-WAGNER-DER-RING-DES-NIBELUNGEN-SOLTI-14-CDS_W0QQitemZ300166957059QQihZ020QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/2 "2007-11-08T02:26:31Z")
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](http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Nibelungen-Cycle-Georg-Solti/dp/B0000042H4) at $180 new and some of their affiliates are offering it at $100. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/3 "2007-11-08T02:34:32Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/4 "2007-11-08T03:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] What makes this recording worth twelve and a half grand? [Link](http://cgi.ebay.com/RICHARD-WAGNER-DER-RING-DES-NIBELUNGEN-SOLTI-14-CDS_W0QQitemZ300166957059QQihZ020QQcategoryZ307QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem) [/QUOTE] This is the part that intrigues me the most about that listing: > [@](#): > > We Do NOT Ship to Brazil. > Any Brazilian orders will be cancelled automatically. 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. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/5 "2007-11-08T08:24:13Z")
It’s only worth that much if someone’s willing to pay that much. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/6 "2007-11-08T11:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=HelloNinja] 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. 😃 [/QUOTE] Nah, the laws regarding stem cell researching and cloning are better in Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/7 "2007-11-08T13:45:31Z")
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”?) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/8 "2007-11-08T20:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] (Why do people put an apostrophe in “Nazis”?) [/QUOTE] I think its the same reason they put apostrophes in “Ps and Qs.” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/9 "2007-11-08T22:34:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-ring-recording/425619/10 "2007-11-09T00:55:36Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] 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. [/QUOTE] Your location seems to be near that of Siegfried. 🙂