[78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)

[Cary Ginell]

See? There are other "half-vast" collections starting up out there...?!

Cary Ginell

> From: sjones69 at bellsouth.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:25:15 -0400
> Subject: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)
> 
> I'm 28, and I've been collecting since about 1995 or 96 (OTR shows from
> before that!).  I have a good friend who's 25 and he collects, too.
> 
> Pure speculation, but I imagine there are lots of under-40 collectors out
> there...
> 
> To Steven C.:  I'd love the Complete Works of Henry Burr (though I'd prefer
> the Complete Works of Billy Murray)!
> 
> Sammy Jones
> 
> Robert M. Bratcher wrote:
> > 
> > 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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