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

[Erwin Kluwer]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Rockined1 <rockined1 at aol.com> wrote:

> I am 48 and I started when I was about 8  people used to give me 78s
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>  am 43 (and collecting since the age of 10...)
> Erwin
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>  -----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)
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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>
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> > Greetings from FixitLand!
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>  Robert M. Bratcher wrote:
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>  >>> 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?
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>  Sammy Jones wrote:
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>  >> 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.
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>  >> Pure speculation, but I imagine there are lots of under-40
>  >> collectors out
>  >> there...
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>  >> To Steven C.: I'd love the Complete Works of Henry Burr (though
>  >> I'd prefer
>  >> the Complete Works of Billy Murray)!
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>  Sammy, have you seen this site?
>  <http://www.denvernightingale.com/discography/>
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>  Andrea Walsh wrote:
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>  > 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.
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>  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.
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>  Take care,
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>  Joe
>  --
>  "As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."--Ellen Perry Berkeley
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