[78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo

[Taylor Bowie]

Steve,  I was the one who was defending the seller's technique  in this 
case...you seem to be quoting Bruce but directing your reply to me.  I agree 
with you.


Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Williams" <jazzhunter at collector.org>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 3:15 PM
Subject: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo


>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
>
>
>
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