[78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>> Point is that the majority of us 78 collectors/accumulators are "senior
>> citizens" trying to survive on minimal pension incomes...! I can see
>> your point about $3 becoming a necessary price for 78's; however,
>> that limits me to buying 30-40 records a month...if that...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>
> I'm not sure about your claim about senior citizens and pensions,  but if
> you're limited to 30 or so records a month...why not go for quality not
> quantity?  You yourself said you're never going to get close to getting
> every pop 78 so why not just get some of the better ones instead?  Never 
> to
> late to change the path.
>
Actually there are two different reasons involoved:

1) I enjoy listening to virtually any non-classical 78.

2) Virtually all the "valuable jazz" recordings have been reissued...
some on LP but many on CD...! In fact, my "local record store"
(Wilson & Lee, here in Oshawa, Ont'o., Canada) very recently
had a sale on those 10-CD sets (generally the companies are
based in Canada or Europe, where the copyright terms on
sound recordings is 50 years...making a lot of recordings p.d.
for reissuance!). They were being sold at $14,99 each...so
I bought over $300 worth of them...! This in turn means that I have
a substantial portion of "famous jazz recordings" (and a lot of
"famous" c&w as well...!)!

Also add "#2.5"...one of my main goals (dependent on my
allotted life span) is to improve...even perfect..."the Abrams
files!" This would in and of itself necessitate my ovning
"E(n-c)78FEM." Since the VAST majority of these are NOT
of substantial jazz interest, I need to buy large lots of VERY
miscellaneous 78's...!

Steven C. Barr