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

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I am 60 and started collecting when I was 30.
 
Mike in Phoenix
 
 
In a message dated 5/10/2011 11:16:22 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
rockined1 at aol.com writes:

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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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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