Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information