[Phono-L] Young collectors? - A SURVEY!

[Barry Kasindorf]

It is unfortunate, but they really don't care about the antiques at all 
mostly, just see $$ for themselves. They go Google or look at Ebay and 
decide what is best to take so they can sell it.
-Barry


George Glastris wrote:
> In my professional experience, family members only show interest when 
> the owner has died or decides to sell the collection.
>
> More times than I care to remember family members who've NEVER shown 
> an interest in the collection all of a sudden want to keep one or more 
> items, and more often than not, they are the best and/or the most 
> expensive items.
>
> One time I was auctioning a fine collection of scientific instruments 
> for a gentleman.  His kids were told to say what they wanted.  Well, 
> the daughter had put her name on ALL the best pieces.  Thankfully his 
> wife walked around the house with me and wasn't happy and kept taking 
> her name off the pieces saying "She can't have that.  She can't have 
> that one either!"
>
> Another time a family of a late musical box collector who always 
> regretted the fact that they would not share in his hobby started 
> taking everything they could once it was decided to sell.  They kept 
> coming back for more even as the collection was being packed.  And of 
> course they had to take things for the grandchildren too.
>
> What's even funnier is how quickly family members know what are the 
> best pieces in a collection when they've never spent any time with it!!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Melvin" 
> <dan at old-phonographs.com>
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Young collectors? - A SURVEY!
>
>
>> Personally, I don't think too many collectors have other family 
>> members that are interested. I would say in my experience it is not 
>> normally the case to have interested family member. Perhaps tolerant, 
>> but rarely interested. That doesn't mean there are not new collectors 
>> out there. Having kids to turn a collection over to isn't necessary 
>> for the hobbly to succeed. Consider your personal situation when you 
>> got interested collecting phonographs. It's rather unusual for it to 
>> have involved a family member directly. But of course that happens too.
>>
>> I have a lot of good collector friends and a few of them are young 
>> enough they will take up the torch when I'm dust. I'm not worried at 
>> all.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gregory caringi" <drgregc at msn.com>
>> To: "phono-l" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
>> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 4:48 AM
>> Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Young collectors? - A SURVEY!
>>
>>
>>
>> I have two daughters, 23 & 25.  They share many of the same interests 
>> as myself - music, photography - but never have shown any interest in 
>> the phonograph collection.  They admit to being embarrassed when I 
>> give guests "the tour."  I like to play the machines during the 
>> holidays when they are home.  They usually object.  Their only 
>> interest is preserving one machine each in my demise - the younger 
>> wants my VV-XVII since she helped clean it up, and the older wants my 
>> Columbia BD because the big nickel horn is "pretty."  The hobby is in 
>> trouble!
>>
>>
>>
>> Greg Caringi
>>
>>> From: Srsells1 at aol.com
>>> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Young collectors? - A SURVEY!
>>> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 6/24/2009 3:40:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> wilenzick at bellsouth.net writes:
>>>
>>> That's all very nice, and it's good to be optimistic about the 
>>> future of
>>> the
>>> hobby. It would be interesting if someone or group would take a poll 
>>> of:
>>> 1. How many phonograph collectors have children?, and
>>> 2. How many of these children are interested in the collections?
>>>
>>>
>>> In answer to Ray's question, I posted a quick survey at the URL 
>>> below. If
>>> everyone will answer it (it's confidential), I'll be happy to share the
>>> results.
>>>
>>> Steve Ramm
>>>
>>> _http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229CUDJ4UWX_
>>> (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229CUDJ4UWX)
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