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Subject: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat Jan 21 14:51:00 2006
References: <200601212241.k0LMf21c068085@server1.waverley.reid.org>

OK Jim, I pushed one of your buttons...but the question was not how  
to give them away to someone who cares, it was about making more than  
peanuts ($) on them...

I am quite sure that Seth knows how to give them away...


:-)  Steve

who had 8-10 thousand wonderful discs... and donated them to the main  
library in Chicago....


Steve


On Jan 21, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:

> As a collector of LPS and 78s, I would NEVER suggest someone donate  
> LPs and
> 78s to a "fine" library--unless they could care less about the fate  
> of the
> discs.  Very few libraries have the expertise or curatorial  
> commitment to
> vintage records.  Those that do, such as the Rodgers and Hammerstein
> collection at the NYPL, or the Belfer Collection at Syracuse, or  
> the Yale
> Collection generally have very specific interests.
>
> I've been to many, many sales of donated records, run by major  
> public and
> university libraries.  The stuff winds up tossed into a heap for  
> anywhere
> from 25 cents to a buck a disk.
>
> Have you ever seen the typical LP that comes from a "fine"  
> library?  They
> usually look as though they had done service at a skating rink.
>
> I particularly recall one afternoon at a major library's listening  
> area,
> where the trained personnel were cleaning records.  This consisted of
> putting a disc on a tabletop (unprotected), liberally coating a record
> cleaning brush with Discwasher (when only a slight amount is  
> recommended),
> and quite literally scrubbing the surface, as if it were a linoleum  
> floor.
>
> My recommendation for anyone who has the slightest interest in the  
> fate of
> old records: find an avid collector and sell them, or even give  
> them to
> someone who actively acquires the stuff.  The materials stand a far  
> greater
> chance of survival.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:33 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film
>
> Seth..... donate them to a fine libarary...calculate real value and
> take it as a tax writeoff. Steve
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Seth Rosner wrote:
>
>> Mark or someone help me. I had a few hundred LPs and dozens of old
>> classical 78s. Then my immdeiate past wife and I inherited from a
>> very dear friend and client of mine much of the contents of her
>> home, including probably 1500-2000 LP and 78 records. Former wife
>> wanted to give them to the junk dealer who offered to cart them
>> away at no cost. I said no. Former wife said, ok you pay to have
>> them packed and shipped upt to Saratoga Springs. Ok says I and did.
>>
>> Now, how do I find a serious buyer for anything other than peanuts,
>> except by indexing and selling one-by-one on eBay?
>>
>> Seth
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langer"
>> <langeratcarleton@gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 3:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film
>>
>>
>> I held onto my collection of LPs when everyone assured me that they
>> had gone
>> the way of the dodo.  Now there is all sorts of equipment made for
>> "vinyl",
>> vinyl snobs abound, and there are even manufacturers of high end
>> components
>> for LPs, some using tube amps based on 1950s technology.  My view
>> is that we
>> are headed that way with film.  Analog is king!
>>
>> Mark
>>
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