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Re: [ARSCLIST] Libraries disposing of records
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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> The fact remains that there are millions of 78s out there which very few
people
> will ever want, no matter their artistic merit. I've been on the "come and get
> it" end of a few discarded collections, and you see the same stuff every time.
> I don't even bother looking at single sided Red Seals. To me they're as common
> as Al Jolson Deccas.
>
Sadly, for the vast majority of human beings, interest in prserving
is directly proportional to how much profit they assume can be made
by its disposal...cultural and/or aesthetic merit is overruled by
numbers preceded by dollar signs...!
Steven C. Barr