To buy this... Bidding has ended though, but not fetching the kind of money you would expect.
I fail to get it, from the description:
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.
And then look at some of the pictures:
Am I really part of a minority who likes to be able to take discs out of their sleeves, who likes to look at the artwork, to fondle records, to turn them... I mean, I have a huge hard drive, I'm starting to play digitally (even though I'd like to combine my turntables, if you really need to give me a gift this will do please ;-).
Furthermore, I'm actyally kind of stumped that something like this goes on eBay. While I respect their platform and the way they can handle about anything, I kind of imagined this handled by Sotheby's or something like that. Or another instance that would have been able to add value by publicizing this offer.
If you look at the way they try to manage their bids it all comes of kind of amateurish, or am I the only one who thought their explanation was kind of weird (and begging at times). The collection homepage is not that interesting or dynamic either.
This is a NO RESERVE auction. High bid wins.
If you want this collection, and you're betting no one will bid, giving you an opportunity to make a lower offer after the auction, you should consider the following:
1. $3million is a ridiculously low price to start with. The owner of the collection has turned down offers for far more over the years, including an offer of $28million nine years ago. It's being sold this way now because his life circumstances have changed.2. If there are no bids, we plan to re-list it immediately. But once it's re-listed, publicity will be far greater than it is now. We've been inundated with media requests world-wide, and have done interviews nearly non-stop. In a matter of hours or days, the collection will be seen in major electronic and print media world-wide, taking our story to a new audience even beyond the reach of eBay. This valuable collection is soon to be seen for the first time by tens, if not hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Quite frankly, we welcome the prospect of no bids at this time. The collection will fetch a higher price when it's re-listed.
3. The Collection WILL NOT be broken up if not sold on eBay, other than possibly having the digital and analog portions separated.
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