[78-L] one man's treasure.....

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> I was  visiting a friend the other evening who is a collector, who's very 
> quiet, doesn't belong to anything like CAPS, never goes on 78L and does 
> not have any kind of intercourse with any other collectors that I know of. 
> I only met him because he's a friend of a friend of my wife.  But he has 
> far more records in every format than I do, several turntables, an OWL 1, 
> a couple of McIntosh tube amps and everything is organized to a degree I 
> couldn't accomplish if I spent a lifetime.  He's also a collector of 
> books, glassware, china, model cars, posters etc.  He lives in a huge 
> house, (mansion), and every one of his collections is organized and has 
> its own place in the house.  He's a retired high school teacher, he's very 
> modest but can converse intelligently about any of his collections.  Our 
> discussions reveal his appreciation for music and the depth of his 
> knowledge in that area.
>
> While I was there the other evening, he showed me his latest acquisition 
> from e-bay:  The "almost complete record dating guide" for which he paid 
> US$119.00.
>
Little did he know (it appears) that he could have bought a NEW copy of the 
Guide
from Kurt Nauck (its current publisher) for $25 or less...?! In fact, I just 
bought a copy
of my own book from the "Badrock close-out auction for under $25...!

Steven C. Barr
(my current copy is missing a number of pages...!)