[78-L] Collections, lists

[Taylor Bowie]

> The MORE important question is this...! Will they be interested
> enough to search the net for the highest possible resale price...
> or will they simply hire a strong dude to carry all the now-
> obsolete-and-unwanted 78's out to the curb on "garbage day>!"
>
> I have already picked up around 100 78's put out as trash in my
> "boulevard surplus" project (as well as several nice winter coats
> and enough chairs to provide me with seating on my verandah!)
> I have also purchased some 20,000 VERY miscellaneous 78's
> via a local dealer; he knows I collect 78's and thus will help
> anyone out who is "stuck: with a lot of 78's...! I have no idea if the
> owner of the 78's gets paid anything; however I usually wind up
> paying a few cents each for large quantities of 78's...!
>
> Steven C. Barr


Come on,  Stephen...the two alternatives you describe are not the only 
possible scenarios.    Many collections change hands privately or though 
auctions,  and are neither sold for top dollar nor thrown in the garbage.

No one is disputing that you can get hundreds or thousands of 78s for little 
or nothing...I'd wager that you're getting most of them for about what they 
are worth.

I would also say that there are more kinds of collectors and collecting than 
you seem willing to acknowledge...it's not all an either-or between what you 
do,  and some guy who spends thousands on jazz and blues rarities.  Plenty 
of us (and of all ages) collect with some kind of selectivity,  and also 
play and enjoy the records for the music on them.

And,  once again,  please know that there are younger 78 collectors out 
there...I mean people who are in their 20s and even in their teens.  I have 
met some.  They are real.  They do exist.   All 78s are not going to be 
hauled to the land-fill after you and I and others on 78-L have gone off to 
Shellac Heaven.

Taylor