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

[Erwin Kluwer]

Would be fun to add the total of years collecting in this group!!

Let's start: Anrea, Mike and myself are good for 93 years... Others: please
add up...!!

Erwin

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM, <N7MW at aol.com> wrote:

> I am 60 and started collecting when I was 30.
>
> Mike in Phoenix
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> In a message dated 5/10/2011 11:16:22 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>  rockined1 at aol.com writes:
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> 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>
> To: 78-L Mail  List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 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>
> 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:
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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.
> >>
> >> 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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