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

[Don Chichester]

I was 17 when I started collecting in earnest.  I'm now 77.
 
Don Chichester
 
> 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
> > --
> > "As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."--Ellen Perry Berkeley
> >
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