The various posts about record prices/values/collectors (e.g. subject: JM auction results) prompted me to kick this off.
Posts about collectors are like posts about mythical creatures to me. I don't know any. And only know i'm not one, and just have/buy records to keep & play.
I did note in JM 6th edition (2013) it says over 6K collectors had been added since edition 5 and there are about 700 pages of tightly listed 45's.
So...What's the definition of a NS vinyl collectors? Is there one?
I don't know, but am genuinely interested (no other motive here).
I know some collect by label, some by artist, some by UK, etc, BUT particularly in the context of prices & values what constitutes a typical NS collector?
Is it someone who has 100K records, 30K records? 5K records?
Is it someone who has 10 records with a value of £100K?, £500K?
Is there a 'collector scale', small, medium, large, v.large...off-the-scale
Are collectors mostly DJ's?
Can you be a collector if you have 1K, 3K, 5K, 10K records each under £30 each?
Can you sell your only copies of a certain record ('rare/obscure') and still be considered a collector?
Is it rarity/obscurity that determines your collector status?
If collectors are buying and selling between themselves, is that collecting or just a transfer of an asset.
What's typical of soul-source collectors?
Is there a definition?