Man sells his record collection: 3 Million Records and 300,000 CDs

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The starting bid of the auction on ebay is 3 Million $. :lol Link


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Holy shit: More than 6 million songs. :O
 
Why would anyone do that ;_;

Selling them I mean. That should be a family treasure or something.

Edit: Ok he might need money.
 
Assuming that each cd/record is 60 mins long, it would take 376.7 years to listen to them all non stop.
 
Who would want to inherit that garbage heap?

Selling it seems like the only reasonable thing to do although I don't know who would want it, let alone pay that much for his collection.

I wonder how much Amoeba would give him on the trade in, LOL.
 
Questions from other members : The World's Greatest Music Collection


Q: Is there some Heavy Metal in your Collection?
A: Yes. There's some of EVERYTHING in the collection.

:lol




Q: Hello, Does the collection come with the guy in the pictures? Thanks

A: The guy in the pictures is the owner of the collection, and he can make himself available to the buyer for up to six months to assist with re-organization, the continuation of the building of the database, or any other needs associated with archiving or displaying the collection.


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Q: I'm just curious: how high would be the shipping costs to germany/ and how would you ship that ? Feb-15-08
A: Thank you for your inquiry. Without getting an actual quote, I can only give you some idea right now. I believe you can ship a container load for about $4,000. The collection would require several containers. In addition, there would be ground transportation to and from the ports, and packing.



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Jacobi said:
Well, why would anyone buy that if you don't know jackshit about the quality of the collection
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He has a site with all his tracks and their details inlcuding their quality. But it's currently offline. Maybe due to the heavy traffic.

www.TheGreatestMusicCollection.com
 
I think this guy owns a store called Record Rama in Pittsburgh. You can go in and buy any of these individually.

The store is like 15 minutes from my house, actually.

FAKE EDIT: Yeah, it is definitely him:

http://www.recordrama.com/

I thought those racks and that logo looked familiar.
 
I actually think this collection should be sent to the moon as a testimony of humanity's cultural achievements and evolution, so our descendants/aliens can find it if there's anyone left after we all kill each other in WWIII.

Scrap the American Idol albums tho. And Highschool Musical.
 
this better ship with a good insurance.



just imagine the chances of a negative feedback

"You ass, vinyl number 1.967.848, which is "Neurotic Erotic" from Nintendo's DaKunt has two scratches on the b-side. Fuck you, I expect a full refund or I open a controversy!"
 
Seriously, this is like... Guinness worthy.

I've no words for this. It has to be the most insane e-bay bid ever.

E V E R! ! !

*dies*
 
Klaxon said:
He has a site with all his tracks and their details inlcuding their quality. But it's currently offline. Maybe due to the heavy traffic.

www.TheGreatestMusicCollection.com
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Every recording in this amazing collection has been purchased by its owner, Paul Mawhinney, over a period of a half century, and stored in a 16,000 square foot climate - controlled warehouse. Many millions of dollars have been invested in the acquisition and storage of the collection, the estimated value of which is now greater than fifty million dollars.
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More than half of the recordings in this incredible collection are NEW, with individual records worth hundreds or thousands of dollars each on the collectibles market.
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Through his high school years, and later during his careers in the military, as a salesman and as a department store manager, he kept buying music. When his collection grew to 160,000 records, his wife gave him an ultimatum: Either he or the records had to go.

Paul stayed; the records went. He rented a warehouse with some retail space, where he did more buying than selling.
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Disappointed by radio stations that only played the latest hits, while ignoring anything older than songs of the previous week, Paul believed someone had to preserve the music...the history. Since he already had a good head start, he figured he was the one to do it. And do it, he did. Over the years, he's bought every recording he could get his hands on, growing his collection to 3 million records.
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He must be the son of a millionare or something, insane.
 
B!TCH said:
Who would want to inherit that garbage heap?

Selling it seems like the only reasonable thing to do although I don't know who would want it, let alone pay that much for his collection.

I wonder how much Amoeba would give him on the trade in, LOL.
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This ignorant post is exactly why I'm glad he's not just giving this to some relative. It'd get sold to buy iTunes gift cards or something similarly stupid, I'm sure. "DUDE YOU CAN BUY ANY SONG YOU WANT FOR A DOLLAR! YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO BUY THE ALBUM! LOLS!"

To be honest I'm sure I have 0 interest in tons of the music in this collection, but this REALLY needs to be purchased by some sort of philanthropist organization that will take care of it. I'm glad he's not just selling it off piece by piece to make maximum dollars. There are some things way more important than a few dollars. It's very obvious that the big record companies are interested in nothing but turning a profit and have 0 interest in keeping music available for future generations. I hope it is cataloged, kept safe, and copied to lossless digital formats.
 
Grug said:
Assuming that each cd/record is 60 mins long, it would take 376.7 years to listen to them all non stop.
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Here's a quote from the site:
If you started listening to the music in this collection on the day you were born, and listened every minute of every day, by the time you finished, you'd be 57 years old. That's a lot of music. And it's a lot of history.
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Holy shit, what is the price to list something on ebay for 3 million?

Edit:

Nevermind, they cap it at $4.80
 
Lambtron said:
this REALLY needs to be purchased by some sort of philanthropist organization that will take care of it.
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It is not only a historic bid. This guy is bidding history itself.
 
Man, that just insane!! I still can't quite wrap my head around the amount of history that's in there. This is like the biggest treasure... ever.
 
The buyer should find out a way to play everything in the collection simultaneously. What would 3300000 records at once sound like?
 
thomaser said:
The buyer should find out a way to play everything in the collection simultaneously. What would 3300000 records at once sound like?
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If we could buy 300,000 of those CD boomers that Mr. Dink showed Doug and wired them up...
 
I wonder how much of his life he devoted to buying, storing and cataloging all of that stuff. Imagien when he would bring home a date for the first time. :lol
 
When you go down there, you probably think it would have some Museum smell but disappointed when all you smell is musty carpet, Funyuns and Cheetos
 
BlueTsunami said:
When you go down there, you probably think it would have some Museum smell but disappointed when all you smell is musty carpet, Funyuns and Cheetos
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Dude, the stuff isn't in a basement. The guy has an actual storefront:



http://www.recordrama.com/

His store is in a little strip mall right by a Shop and Save (grocery store). It is like 15 minutes from my house.

He used to have his store above a post office, then he moved it to the current location.
 
RiskyChris said:
If we could buy 300,000 of those CD boomers that Mr. Dink showed Doug and wired them up...
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+infinity internet points for that Doug reference

Mr. Dink "Isn't it moving?"
Mrs. Dink: "Yes dear, in fact, i'm leaving"

Haven't seen some good ol' classic Doug in ages :(
 
The records are worth something, but many of those CD's must be going through CD-rot by now, unless he kept them stored properly.
 
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