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In Reply to: RE: Anybody still finding rare gems at flea markets and such? posted by MarkPR2 on September 30, 2014 at 16:00:38
I'm not investing in any material things for when I die.As far as my heirs go, they will probably be cursing my memory for leaving them a pile of worthless junk of which they will have to dispose. As our generation (boomers) dies out, vinyl dies with us. The current interest is a minor, passing blip.
I enjoy what I have today. That's why I bought it/buy it.
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I agree. I've committed that my record collection is only going to get SMALLER as time goes on. I'll have a moving-box of jazz LPs to sell to the local EllPeeHut in a week or 2. I've spun them all and said goodbye. The store (Fingerprints, in Long Beach, CA- a real good place) lets me feel good as I pocket the cash with the knowledge that some young "hipster" listening to Miles and Trane and Sonny Stitt.
It might sound pretentious, but I feel like I offset some of the soullessness of the 'cloud' of MP3 junk muzak, when someone hears those records! It is dead-wrong to deprecate the young folks who give a damn about vinyl- they (and the real record shops) lend this hobby a note of integrity that had all but evaporated through the 90's.
So they want 7 bucks for an LP? The "salad days" where I bought them a 3 for a dollar at Goodwill are long, long gone. Did you eat out this week? A burger just cost me $11. Estimating they'll ask around $10-12 for my used copy of "Sketches of Spain"- its a damn good deal. The younger members here, well, y'all should flock down to pay that, with big smiles on your faces! And be glad to pay your local EllPeeHut's markup- they need to be there for you for the next 50 years like they were for me.
Is it a 'blip?' Be a part of history. I restore old bicycles and one of my best old friends takes art photographs with film cameras. Another restores very old clocks. One of my wife's friends restores and sails a wooden ship. These things are of great beauty and profound meaning to knowledgeable enthusiasts. LP's are destined to be a long-lived hobby 'niche', not a blip. I think in the year 2525, that copy of "Sketches of Spain" will sell for a thouand bars of Gold-pressed Latinum.
correct. The romantic notion that one's hobby is or can be a profitable business is nearly always incorrect, as it is for you and me here. LPs just aren't rare or valuable in general, and once they reach a flea market or thrift shop, they've been looked over at least once.
When I'm done with my LPs, I'll sell a few but donate most to charity.
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