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

[Andrea Walsh]

I am 42. Been collecting since I was 12. I love collectors of all ages, but
it particularly heartens me that so many younger people are entering the
field.

Andrea
On May 9, 2011 9:25 PM, "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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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