[78-L] Why I love collecting 78's

[simmonssomer]

Noting wrong with Asparagus Syndrome !
I know several people who can't stop eating them.
I wouldn't worry about it.
Just don't put them between any records!

Al S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Why I love collecting 78's


> From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>
>> Plus digging for records is usually loads of fun!! Also the thrill of
>> buying a
> record very cheap thats worth quite a bit of money (on the collectors
> market)
> when you got it. Like when I paid $6 at a record collector show for RCA
> LSC-1817
> (Offenbach Gaitie Parisienne by Author Fiedler & the Bosten Pops) that was
> worth
> about $300 & it's now worth around $500 last time I checked.
>>
> I would guess that 99.9 per cent of my "half-vast shellac archive" are
> worth less than $1 each...some A LOT less...?!  However, I apparently
> suffer from Asperger's Syndrome...a form of autism that wasn't identified
> when I was born in 1942;thus I tend to be obsessive-compulsive in
> things (including 78 accumulation...?!).
>
> I estimate my "collection" to currently be around 67,000 (of which
> c. 1,000 are duplicates).If there wre 3,350,000 78's issued in total,
> I own 2 per cent of them; however, that may be an OVERestimate?
> If only 1,675,000 78's were issued...I own FOUR per cent of that
> total...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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