Christopher Saunders interviewed by David Rayvern Allen Part 2

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/196

Date:

2014-08

Level of description

item

Extent

38 minutes 01 seconds

Part of

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

Scope and Content

1 CD, Christopher Saunders, cricket dealer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The recording consists of 1 track.

Track 1: [0:00-0:46] Introduction by Rayvern Allen, [0:47-4:42] Saunders talks about what it is like to be a cricket dealer in the present day and auctioneers, [4:43-7:00] Saunders talks about not feeling threatened by new dealer and people being experts on different subjects such as postcards, [7:01-7:48] Rayvern Allen talks about his wife's collecting and how many rooms he has for his collection, [7:49-8:48] Saunders talks about keeping records of items he holds and Cricket Memorabilia Society, [8:49-9:20] Saunders talks about the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, [9:21-12:24] Saunders rules out legislation against Amazon and publishing, [12:25-13:30] Saunders talks about his remaining ambition to carry on being a dealer and enjoying what he's doing, [13:31-16:06] Saunders talks about a novel published in India and self-published cricket novels, [16:07-17:44] Saunders talks about wanting to write a bibliography on cricket fiction, Padwick and New Zealand publishing industry, [17:45-19:15] Saunders talks about books in the future and still being in demand, [19:16-20:09] Saunders talks about purchasing and sorting the Irving Rosenwater collection and the man himself, [29:10-31:36] Saunders talks about wanting to be the No.1 dealer in the country and John McKenzie, [31:37-33:26] Saunders talks about his assistant David Wilkinson, [33:27-38:01] Saunders talks about cricket publishing and publishing a book by Tony Laughton on the magazine Cricket.

Associations

Christopher Saunders
David Rayvern Allen
Edward Kenneth Brown
Cricket Memorabilia Society
John W McKenzie
Irving Rosenwater

Subject

Cricket books, collectors, Collections, auctioneers, auctions, Postcards, cricket publishing

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

38 minutes 01 seconds

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