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Largest Music Collection On eBay
By nikkita | February 19, 2008
So this man has spent quite the time putting together a collection that would put any Rob Fleming/Gordon to shame. With 3 million records and 300,000 CDs, this collection is up for auction at a staring bid of $3 million.
From Thomas Edison to American Idol, this is the complete history of the music that shaped and defined five generations. 3 million records and 300,000 CDs containing more than 6 million song titles. It’s the undisputed largest collection of recorded music in the world. About half of the recordings are new and never played, and every genre of 20th century music is represented. There are countless rare recordings worth hundreds, or even thousands of dollars each on the collectibles market. Organized and cataloged, the collection is meticulously maintained and housed in a climate-controlled warehouse. The estimated value of this amazing collection is more than $50 million.
Every recording in the collection was purchased by the collection’s owner over the past fifty years and represents a lifetime of work and his desire to see the music preserved for future generations. Advancing age and health concerns are forcing the owner to sell.The history of 20th century music belongs in a museum (existing or new), or a music library. The collection’s owner is seeking a private collector or a philanthropist willing to buy and donate the collection. A donation would qualify as a tax-deductible event. The collection contains many thousands of duplicate copies, which could be sold individually on the collectibles market to recoup a substantial part of the purchase price.
If you think about it, $3 million is not too expensive considering each record and CD ends up costing less than a dollar each. But then again, I will probably never see $3 million in my life time, so yeah…that’s a lot.
If you got $3 million burning a hole in your pocket, you can head over to eBay…or you know…maybe here.
More pictures after the jump.
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