The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stamps (2015)

Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by skrebbel on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:07AM (#22897119)

> For decades, the stamps were dismissed by the philatelic establishment as tacky novelties and were, correspondingly, as cheap as chips, [...] valued at around £17, the equivalent of £28 at 2015 prices. But following their recent discovery by collectors of rare vinyl, particularly in the US, you will be lucky to pick a set up for less than £300.

I love how one group of collectors goes "tacky novelty!" and another group goes "amazing rare find!" over the same thing. It all makes sense, but it's still weird.

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Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by Gravityloss on Friday April 17, 2020 @06:58AM (#22897925)

“Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it’s a simple adventure story; others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.”

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Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by anticsapp on Friday April 17, 2020 @11:04AM (#22899580)

This happens with splinter groups within record collector circles. I've seen LP collectors say "I would never go to the Allentown show, it's strictly 45s" and the 45 guys pick up a Public Enemy LP and you can kind of see on their face they're thinking "this is cool, but I would never buy it"

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