Re: What's Your Who Equity?

["Schrade, Scott" <sschrade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Was polled by Mrs. Joe in Philly 

Hey now!  Kinky!

> So I got to thinking about how much money I have tied up in The Who
> over the years in terms of Albums, Posters, CDs, Concerts, Travel,
> Food, Beverages, etc.

Hmmm....I usually don't count concerts when thinking about such matters.
I mean, concerts come & go.  Once they're over, they're over.  I can't
"re-sell" my concert experiences.

> I come up with over $2,000.   

It's hard (!) to gage what you actually have, Joe.  I deal more in num-
bers.  Number of CD's.  Number of records.  Number of buttons.  Number 
of posters.  Number of books, etc.

For example:  I own over 200 Who or Who-related vinyl records.  Albums,
no 45s.  And I own around 200 Who or Who-related CDs.  It would be dif-
ficult to tally the money invested without doing it on an album by album,
or CD by CD, basis because of the variance in prices paid.  Some were
expensive bootlegs.  Some were run-of-the-mill, regular releases.

Then there are my Who posters of which I own about 50.  And my Who books
(maybe around 20 - 25).  And dozens & dozens of buttons.

Videos (dozens), DVD's (a handful), newspaper clippings, various pictures,
knick-knacks (my plastic Who drinking cups, my Who coffee mug, an OX pick,
Daltrey's towel from the Columbus 2002 show),......

Not counting shows attended & ticket prices paid, I'd estimate my Who 
collection to be in the $10,000.00 - $15,000.00 range.  Of course, that's
if someone were willing to pay that price.

Counting concerts attended you could probably increase that by another
$5000.00 - $10,000.00.  

So, just estimating, I'd place my Who equity in the $20,000.00 range.


- SCHRADE in Akron