Largest Record Collection EVER! Oh, and it’s for sale…
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So there are a few of us with a groaning spare room full of vinyl. I heard that DJ Andy Weatherall has a spare HOUSE full of his records. I’d imagine that Mr Scruff, Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay and various other longtime DJs and collectors have similar record collection scenarios…
But these guys aren’t putting their entire collections up for sale. Unlike a certain Paul Mawhinney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the owner of, allegedly, the world’s largest record collection. Mawhinney is putting his treasure trove of around two and a half million records up for sale for a very cool $3 million. A paltry sum compared to the whopping $50 million his collection is estimated to be worth.
Mawhinney’s been collecting most of his working life and when he’d acquired around 60,000 records, his wife told him he either sold them / got rid of them or set up a shop (to sell / get rid of them). So, he set up Record-Rama and traded records, making sure to keep a copy of everything that came into the shop – meaning he actually acquired more records at a faster rate than ever before - DOH! Check out the above film by Sean Dunne of Mawhinney’s incredible record-collecting story.
(Link: hypebeast - thank you Mr Huglife for bringing this to our attention)