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

[N7MW at aol.com]

Actually, that's 103 years (30+40+33).  Mike in Phoenix
 
 
In a message dated 5/10/2011 11:23:01 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ekluwer at gmail.com writes:

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:
>
> >>  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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