[78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.

[David Lennick]

There are also some young folk joining CAPS in Canada..but there's also a 
preponderance of old white guys.

dl

On 5/10/2011 12:23 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> 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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