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No. This IS insane. Seriously.

Anyone who buys this thing must be really stupid!!

Everything is relative of course. For people with a monthly income between 600$-5000$ (i haven't made the calculation actually, it's a guess of mine), which are the largest percentage of the population, it is indeed insane, stupid, paranoid, you name it. For those (us, i mean) it's insane to collect all these things and insane to make a bid on that auction. However, they still might be some, really few i suppose, that can afford the price but who also must have the same passion for music with that guy.

ION BRITTON wrote:Everything is relative of course. For people with a monthly income between 600$-5000$ (i haven't made the calculation actually, it's a guess of mine), which are the largest percentage of the population, it is indeed insane, stupid, paranoid, you name it. For those (us, i mean) it's insane to collect all these things and insane to make a bid on that auction. However, they still might be some, really few i suppose, that can afford the price but who also must have the same passion for music with that guy.

This guy doesnt want to sell it to private collector, but to organization/philantropist which will donate it to a museum. Which is very stupid notion to do on ebay. Not only the guy will have to pay mega-taxes and lose 50%+ on the selling price, but also his collection seems to be "just everything" he could buy and I dont think why it would be considered important, or even bigger than any audio library on any major radiostation/television.

This collection was put together with the only purpose of displaying quantity, not quality. And with "thousands multiple copies" I can only guess he was buying it in bulk from liquidators, mostly c/o mainstream junk...

If you go to his website and read carefully, you will get the notion this is not really a "collection" but a small business - it says the "collection" is located in a warehouse with retail front. It is a clever idea to try liquidating your busienss disguised as "collection" but I doubt there will be any serious takers... but who knows.

According to his homepage:

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.

Maybe a distro company will but it & sell it all individually & actually make some money from it!?!?!
Some of the questions are great!

He doesn't want the one who buys it to resell it, at least the single copies. I don't know HOW important this collection is and as stormspell said it's very probable that it will have TONS of mainstream junk, so how many pieces out of the 3 million are actually worth, we are not able to know until we see the ''list''/database.

Btw, what do you believe are the chances to find a PARADOXX or MILITA copy there? I say that is <0.0001%

and if you look on the seller's feedbacks, he started now in the clothing business. I liek the auction where he bought a "Dolce And Gabbana" shirt from a Turkish seller (of course original D&G)

ION BRITTON wrote:Btw, what do you believe are the chances to find a PARADOXX or MILITA copy there? I say that is <0.0001%

Yeah, exactly... I'd say more like 5 copies of Deep Purple-Machine Head & 4 copies of Def Leppard-Pyromania etc...

Q: Nice collection! 2 questions... 1) What is the rarest album in your collection? 2) What is the most expensive album? Thanks! Feb-16-08
A: There are thousands of rare and valuable recordings in the collection. Here are a few of the more interesting ones: A copy of the first CD ever produced. 300 of them were created by Sony for private distribution. It contains the first recordings ever made, by Thomas Edison. Estimated value: $10,000. Another valuable album is a rare Rolling Stones LP on the London label. It contains stereo remixes of original mono recordings. Three hundred were pressed to be played on FM radio stations. It was never released to the public. This LP is worth over $10,000. All five of Elvis Presley's 45s on the Sun label, worth $2,000 to $6,000 each. Countless other rare and uncharted recordings, like the super rare "Precious Memories" by legendary Detroit DJ, Robbie D.

Who would actually buy this without knowing exactly what's in it?

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

holy shit.. the more i think about this i less unterstand what could be the motivation behind such a thing?? i mean - owning EVERYTHING. besides the fact that such a goal must be unreachable - there is not even space for musical taste, preferences - love to music?! considering that this "collection" if it is what it claims to be contains probably 99% off all the CRAP that has ever been released. if this is really going to be sold, serious condolences to the lucky winner..

I wonder what the shipping costs are. You need a whole ship or a plane to move this collection. And then you need a warehouse to store it.