[78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)
Rockined1
rockined1 at aol.com
Tue May 10 11:15:51 PDT 2011
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
-----Original Message-----
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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