[78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.

[Cary Ginell]

There are more young collectors joining ARSC all the time - it'll be interesting to see who shows up when the conference starts on Wednesday night.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 21:14:31 -0700
> From: rbratcherjr at yahoo.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.
> 
> I thought we (I'm 52 now) 78 RPM record collectors were a shrinking dying out 
> breed too. So there really are enough young folks interested in the old 78's to 
> keep our hobby going for awhile? I sure hope so!! Or am I only dreaming?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 10:52:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.
> 
> 
> Yes, but you are assuming that no new, younger members are joining our little 
> group of collectors. 
> 
> Older collectors dying out also brings the average age down, doesn't it?
> You can't assume that the entire group is remaining static with no new members 
> and nobody dying. 
> 
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> 
> > > 
> > I no longer recall the exact details; however IIRC there was an
> > informal survey of 78-L taken per the age of its listeners, and the
> > result was near 60. Assume that was five years ago...and our
> > average age would now be at or a bit past 60...!
> > 
> > Further, it would seem plausible that those who collect 78's probably
> > grew up listening to them; the last 78's were pressed in the late 50's
> > (a couple years later up here in Canada). If we assume this 78 listener
> > was at least 12...he she it was born in the early 40's (as I was). That in
> > turn suggests an age in the sixties...!
> > 
> > There was a brief "swing revival" a few years back; the result was
> > 3-speed players, usually without the .003" needles needed to
> > properly play 78's...! I am still buying 78's via a local record
> > store...which accepts lots for resale and then contacts me...!
> > I pay a few cents per record...and haul them home to be added
> > to my "half-vast shellac archive." I also buy many from "NickJay."
> > 
> > Steven C. Barr
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