[78-L] Subject: Re: Collecting vs. 'Investing'

[Cary Ginell]

Yes, Professor. I stand corrected. I'm more used to writing the word "genre" in my business than "gender," so it was an automatic mistake.

 

Cary G.
 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:37:26 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Subject: Re: Collecting vs. 'Investing'
> 
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> > My father is a big collector of English bone china, especially
> > that with the Shelley brand. He also does repairs on broken
> > collectibles of all kinds (except records). So he likes them
> > from a restorer's point of view, even though he does like the
> > artistic design. At least our here in California, I see no
> > genre distinction regarding the "delicate" collectibles market. 
> > Cary Ginell
> 
> 
> Especially up in San Francisco I suppose, not that there is anything
> wrong with that. (You did mean "gender distinction", not "genre
> distinction", didn't you?
> 
> Mike (apologizing in advance) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> > > Having spoken to MANY "collectors" (not only of 78's!),
> > > I would estimate that about 99% of them, regardless of
> > > what was being collected, were male.!
> 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> > I have found that there are very few males who collect glassware,
> china,
> > dolls, fabrics, figurines, and other such items, but many, many, many
> > woman who do. If you looked at Hobbies magazine beyond Jim Walsh's
> > column you would find that a large percentage of the rest of the
> > magazine was devoted to woman's collectibles. When I go to
> > antique-oriented markets there often are more women than men there. 
> > (Hmmmm, wonder if it might be a good pick-up joint, like they say
> > supermarkets are?)
> > 
> > Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
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