[78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo

[Steve Williams]

I have much respect for the experts in this forum, but sometimes the
stuffiness and self-centred snobbery here actually makes me angry.
The phonograph is CLIP-ART folks, from a Microsoft Publisher library.  It is
used to identify the genre of the item for sale. Even if it were a Victrola
it would still be inaccurate since the listing is a PHOTOGRAPH, not a
record.  However the obviously very busy vendor was SMART enough to identify
a non-record item as of being of interest to record collectors and
researchers.  He used what was at hand.. The benefit, Taylor, is that he
included an at-a-glance Topic logo.

Some of the other items have Clipart and design borders also...a scroll of
kids and angels for the Dionne listings, drills and hammers for tools, a
vintage car for a workshop manual.. Jeesh...

Steve Williams  ..

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo
From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
Date: Wed, December 21, 2011 1:47 pm
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

>I was not talking about a more "Fancy" presentation, but a more
"Historically Accurate" one. Of course the item speaks for itself, and
really did not need the cheap >little 60's suitcase phono as an enhancement.
But if you are going to include something with it, why not make if from the
same era in question, including some nice >representative labels that were
issued by ARC during the same time period ? It certainly would have made for
a better presentation. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:29:59 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo 

>The seller may or may not be a history buff, but he is a seller, and offers
a wide variety (currently hundreds of lots) of printed material for sale,
with no records >listed. For him, it's just another item to move along. 

>I'm not sure what benefit he would receive from making a more fancy
presentation of the photo...the item pretty well speaks for itself and I

>don't think whoever buys it will much care about the window dressing or
that it would make for higher bidding in the end. 

>Taylor