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

[Malcolm Smith]

It was Morton Sodden and Albert Wolf that I drove out to Aida's house  
for the evening. Albert Wolf I would describe as the leading  
collector in New York at the time and certainly very active. It was  
at the get togethers he generously hosted at his apartment that most  
of us came to know the other New York collectors and where we had the  
opportunity to hear records we had no access to otherwise. He was  
very willing to play even the rarest of the records that he had. I  
also recall meeting very prominent Europeans there including Robert  
Bauer.

It was a very pleasant get together with Aida who had many important  
rare records. I recall listening to several of Mantelli. She was  
knowledgeable. I would have thought most collectors at the time would  
have looked 'up', not 'down'.

Malcolm Smith.


On Jul 18, 2009, at 2:09 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:

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