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

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I am 48 and I started when I was about 8  people used to give me 78s


 am 43 (and collecting since the age of 10...)
Erwin







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From: Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 2:13 pm
Subject: Re: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)


I am 43 (and collecting since the age of 10...)
Erwin
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:53 PM, J. E. Knox <rojoknox at metroeast.org> wrote:
> Greetings from FixitLand!

 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?

 Sammy Jones 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, have you seen this site?
 <http://www.denvernightingale.com/discography/>

 Andrea Walsh wrote:

 > 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.

 Ditto that. I'm 56 now. Back in 1982 I was doing some 78 shows on our
 local community radio station, and a listener contacted me, eager to
 learn about these old rekkuds. He was 15 at the time. Now almost 44,
 he's become a great friend and avid collector.

 Take care,


 Joe
 --
 "As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."--Ellen Perry Berkeley

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