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

[David Lennick]

Since I had my own records when I was 3 and was buying with my own money when I 
was 9 and am now 66..

dl

On 5/10/2011 2:24 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> 45 years. Started at 10.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 20:22:41 +0200
>> From: ekluwer at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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)
>>>
>>>
>>> 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