I guess if you start collecting when you are 13 your outlook is a little different. I collected because I liked the machines. I liked the way they sounded and the music on the records. I enjoyed getting them running correctly and I hated to part with one. I still feel the same way. I probably will never be able to afford certain machines I'd like to own, like the bigger Amberola machines, a coin op or a trademark Berliner but that does not diminish my joy of owning what I have and acquiring what I can. I still enjoy the music on acoustical and early electric records. I'm not so concerned about what is rare or not. Luckily I have a few Armstrong OKs but not much else that is rare. But I can enjoy the Whitman disks and the Original Memphis Five just as well, if for different reasons.
Investments? I invest my time and a bit of money, I reap the dividend of pleasure. Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Medved Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phonographs as an Investment Robert, I agree, but the most expensive ones seem to sound the best. Steve >I belong to an entirely different camp, admittedly. My only concern with >any phonograph is still "what does THIS one sound like??" I appreciate the >fixers just as much as the rollers, and the collections of each equally. >For me, everything about this hobby is kid-in-a-candy-store. But what it >boils down to, like pretty much everything else in life, is intent. > >Thanks, folks of the list, for making my week with such enjoyable repartee! > >Best to all, >Robert > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barry Kasindorf" <[email protected]> > > > I collect them to play and have fun with. Having a variety and number of >differing > > things is why I collect. Looking at the same 2 nice phonos is not as > > much fun as shopping and turning over and repairing many. > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
