[Leica] The "impending doom" of film

[sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)]

Thanks Steve; that's useful information.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 5:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film


>A dealer will offer you peanuts as you've found. I've sold LPs on eBay.
> Depending on the rarity and condition - _especially_ condition - they can
> sell for attractive prices.
>
> I had a few Beatles EPs that I picked up for a song that all went for more
> than 100 GBP to Japanese collectors. However they were original 60s
> pressing. If you have anything similar and sell it expect lots of very
> detailed questions about the text on labels etc and be prepared to send
> photographs of the label.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Seth Rosner
> Sent: 21 January 2006 22:03
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film
>
> 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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