[78-L] Huh?

[Taylor Bowie]

I've learned there is little or no point in engaging   Mr.  Barr in any kind 
of a discussion...he seems more inclined to make outrageous and unsupported 
statements and then simply retreat while the rest of us fume and 
fulminate...until he comes up with his next batch of goodies,  and so the 
process repeats itself,  again and again.

I asked him twice last night for some elaboration on his claims about 
classical music fans and how they listen and collect in a "different" 
way...so far,  not a peep...I assume that he did not reply because he 
realized,  on reflection,  that the statement was complete balderdash.

Time for me to get to work today.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fnarf at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Huh?


> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
>> The one difference is that both stamps and coins have established (and
>> often HIGH!) values,
>
> This is also completely untrue. 99% of all stamps ever issued are 
> completely and utterly worthless -- you can buy a bag of a thousand of 
> them for pennies. Most coins are also close to worthless (they've always 
> got some metal value at least). I can buy a genuine 1,700-year-old Roman 
> coin on Ebay right this minute for less than a dollar. Some are worth 
> something -- just like some records are worth something.
>
>> which can easily be looked up in somewhat
>> "official" publications. While there have been a few attempts to create
>> similar things for records (and, in fact, just about EVERY "collecting
>> hobby" that has appeared?!), they have never attained the same
>> acceptance as in the first two hobbies...!  Steven C. Barr
>
> Record price guides are exactly as authoritative as any other price guide, 
> including those for coins and stamps. You can use them to quickly 
> ascertain which items are so common as to be more or less worthless. But 
> the ultimate arbiter of what something is worth is what someone is willing 
> to pay. One thing Ebay has done for every hobby is give us a record of 
> what people are willing to pay for things. You should look on there 
> sometime, you might be surprised.
>
> I have to say that for all your talk about collectors being "in it for the 
> money", there's no one on this list more obsessed with monetary value than 
> you.
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