[78-L] Average age^

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> On 11/1/2010 8:27 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>> From: Donna Halper<dlh at donnahalper.com>
>>>> I would imagine that like stamp collecting, most 78 collectors are
>>>> baby boomers or older, since they are the ones who probably grew up
>>>> in homes that had 78s or where they were encouraged to have a hobby
>>>> like stamp collecting.
>>>
>>> Stamp collectors have also noted the lack of young stamp collectors.
>>> They don't see stamps anymore.  In fact, they don't see MAIL anymore!!!!
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Would a 78 without a centre hole be worth as much as a page of
>> unperforated stamps?
>>        Julian Vein
> I remember one of the promo guys at MCA telling me about a returned copy 
> of
> Tommy that had no center holes. In those blessed and much missed days of
> political incorrectness, he referred to it as a Polish pressing.
> (JV..are you really sending messages 28 days late or did you shut your 
> computer
> clock down for a month?)
>
And to-day the nost active collecting hobby is "sports cards"...95-99%
of which are printed with a full intent of being quickly sold for
substantial short-term profit!

FEH!!

stevenc...