That $10 off the total might come in handy.

Does anyone know how does this record collection collection compares with the size of the BBC archive? I'd have thought that it would be substantially bigger - unless it has already been sold off...


I'm utterly stunned, after calculating. This comes down to buying 7.5 records/discs per Hour for 50 YEARS!?!?!? How the heck do you do something like this?

Tomorrow or perhaps Monday you will all learn that the buyers account was hijacked and this sale was a fraud. This is a normal occurrence on eBay, the elderly seller of these records will only be refunded the final value fee. He can relist the item in hopes it sells but if it does not he will never recover charges he was billed for listing it. An article in Forbes a few weeks ago estimates eBay makes about $107 million per year on these lost seller fees. I am sure this seller will eventually sell this wonderful collection but many eBay sellers are not so lucky.

After the May feedback changes take effect on eBay, this seller has no option but to leave the fraudulent buyer positive feedback. Even though the account was supposedly hijacked, he still cannot warn other sellers to beware.

eBay sellers have been on strike since Feb 13th to protest this as well as other policies.

Hope he needed that money REALLY bad. He got a shitty deal.

I'm surprised Forever Vinyl and Recordweb Communications LLC weren't mentioned in this article since I was the person contacted to verify the value of the collection by Regis Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for Paul. That value for the collection for $50 million dollars was based on the many rare and collectible items Mr. Mawhinney had in the collection. This was certainly a one of a kind collection. Forever Vinyl has been appraising collections for dealers, collectors, estates and insurance claims for years. We were happy to participate in the valuation of Paul Mawhinney's massive and wonderful music collection. Scott Neuman - President http://www.forevervinyl.com and http://www.recordweb.comOriginal article:http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/music/s_547964.html