[78-L] Extraordinary Public Auction Sale (RUSSELL BARNES)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Somehow holding a cloud access device in my hand is not the same as 
holding "the original." For this reason there will always be collectors 
who value the artifact over the compendium.
So there.
Mal

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On 7/29/2011 11:26 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> Did not know, or know about Russell Barnes. My sympathies to his family and
> friends.
>
> Without Mr. Barnes determination, most of the hoard he amassed would
> probably have been lost - dumped by the identifiers of trash as anything
> prior to their birth. At the same time, I've noticed we worry where our own
> collections will wind up. Stuff we love will go -- somewhere.<snip>
>
> There are no young collectors. The "cloud" can hold all of our music
> collections combined. We can access the music with more ease than getting a
> glass of water. Is there any future in what we do? I think, "Where is the
> best repository for my music - with family, university collections, museums
> or with fellow collectors?" Years ago, before entering WWII, a friend
> donated his complete collection of Bing Crosby records to the local library.
> Bing was, as you know, born in Tacoma. When my friend returned from the war,
> the collection was already gone. Not a record remained.
>
> Dennis
>