"The world's greatest music collection" isn't a title that can be given to just anyone, but Paul Mawhinney's collection of over three million records and three hundred thousand CDs has probably earned it - and now it's for sale.
Mawhinney is selling for "declining health" and "associated financial concerns", but will not just sell to anyone. Ideally it's going to go to "a buyer who will guarantee to keep the collection intact (other than to sell duplicate copies, if so desired) and to keep the music alive for the enjoyment and music lovers, now and for years to come."Ideally, this buyer would be a museum, library, university or a charitable foundation, rather than just some guy who wants to keep it locked away in their mansion.
The estimated value of the collection, which includes everything from American Idol winners to original Elvis Presley Sun Records 45s to, well, anything you can possibly name, is approximately $US50million, but the eBay auction has a starting bid of just $US3million.
If you were to listen to every song in the collection back to back, it would take a staggering 57 years to get through.
