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

[Taylor Bowie]

Not impossible,  but not like the days when I could hop on the bus Saturday 
morning and make the rounds of Good Willie,  Veteran's,  Sally,  Vinnie, 
etc.  and pretty much every time come home with a couple dozen late 20s 
dance bands in nice shape,  as well as the occasional jazz gem.  I recall a 
miserable time when I found 32 thick Edisons,  mostly paper labels including 
a few electrics,  for five cents each,  and having to haul 'em home on the 
bus...man,  I was dedicated back then.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)


> Not impossible though. The youngest collectors are less likely even to 
> know
> what a 78 is, and the people who work in the thrift stores don't know how 
> to
> handle the things so they're often broken, but I still see them, sometimes 
> in
> large loads and sometimes just a few stragglers. And more often than not,
> trashed or of minimal interest (polkas..feh). But they do turn up. Anyone 
> near
> Rochester NY, be sure and check out The Bop Shop where there are often 
> hundreds
> of 78s out in the hallway, cheap cheap.
>
> dl
>
> On 5/10/2011 5:58 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Malcolm it on something important.  When I started collecting stuff 
>> around
>> 1965 you could still get lots of good pop (and even some jazz) 78s from 
>> the
>> 20s and 30s in junk and thrift stores...so even kids with little cash on
>> hand could make a good effort.
>>
>> Now it's rare that anything which even looks like a 78 turns up in most 
>> of
>> those places...not impossible but not with any regularity.  So you do 
>> have
>> to have some money to get the good stuff most of the time...makes it 
>> harder
>> for younger collectors until they start having some disposable income.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> P.S.  Yes,  Steven,  I know you buy 78s for pennies...I'm not talking 
>> about
>> large lots of junque which contain records of little or no interest to 
>> most
>> collectors.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Malcolm - Venerable Music"<malcolm at venerablemusic.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)
>>
>>
>>> I started collecting almost 6 years ago - now some 30,000+ 78s later, 
>>> I'm
>>> 39.
>>> You could say I'm pretty serious about the hobby - ha! I also have lots 
>>> of
>>> friends my age and younger who are into collecting.
>>> Not many that spend lot's of money, but that comes in time.
>>> Malcolm in GA
>>>
>>> Venerable Music - http://www.venerablemusic.com
>>> Venerable Radio - http://www.venerableradio.com
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kristjan Saag
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:43 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Age of Collectors (WAS Kurt Nauck's Auctions)
>>>
>>> Which, once again,  brings us to the question of the average age of 78
>>> list-members.
>>> Six years ago we made an enquiry on he list; I collected the answers and
>>> found that of more than 50 regular contributors, at the time, the
>>> average age was 55.
>>> It may be a little lower today, taking into account the many young
>>> collectors who have been added to the list. On the other hand: the rest
>>> of us are six years older...
>>> Kristjan
>>> (59 years; got my first 78'as in the 1950's; started to collect about 15
>>> years ago)
>>>
>>>
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