Michael Down interviewed by David Rayvern Allen Part 1

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/195

Level of description

item

Extent

45 minutes 41 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, Michael Down, cricket dealer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The recording consists of 2 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:38] Audio and interview explanation by Rayvern Allen, [0:39-0:48] Introduction by Rayvern Allen, [0:49-1:54] Down talks about how he got his love of cricket, [1:55-4:45] Down talks about how he became a nuclear scientist, living in Pittsburgh and moving back to England, [4:46-7:34] Down talks about his lifelong love of cricket books and Ted Brown, [7:35-11:04] Down talks about the formation and business of Boundary Books, [11:05-17:13] Down talks about buying, owning and selling a portrait of W G Grace by Bruyne which belonged to G Neville Weston, [17:14-18:39] Down talks about the nature of Boundary Books and being a dealer, [18:40-22:56] Down talks about not having rivals due to seeing himself as a hobbyist, [22:57-27:16] Talks about his former partners Tony Laughton and Alan Harrison and Boundary Books being a retirement business, [27:17-28:39] Down talks about not foreseeing retirement, [28:40-30:01] Down talks about changes in habits of collecting and producing a booklet on Ted Brown (29:30-29:32 phone rings), [30:02-30:25] Phone rings which Down goes to answer.

Track 2: [0:00-0:23] Interview restarts after lunch, [0:24-6:32] Down talks about collectors habits have changed highlighting Wisden collecting and the rise of the autograph, [6:33-13:29] Down compares interest in memorabilia and cricket books, young collectors and nature of collecting, [13:30-14:54] Down ends by talking about publications and historical research, [14:55-15:16] Down's wife enters the room and interview ends.

Associations

Michael Down
David Rayvern Allen
Edward Kenneth Brown
Boundary Books
John W McKenzie
Christopher Saunders

Subject

Cricket books, collectors, Collections

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

45 minutes 41 seconds

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