For sale: The world’s largest record collection!

The world’s largest music collection - 3 million vinyl records & 300.000 cd’s - is up for sale! Paul Mawhinney, 69 years of age and in bad health after a few strokes, put his whole collection on eBay at a starting price of three million dollars. The resulting winning bid ($ 3.002.150) turned out to be false.

Mawhinney, who resides in Pittsburgh, is currently negotiating with other potential buyers. He remains upbeat and states turning down an offer of 28 million dollars nine years ago.

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CollectValue @ the International Collector fair.

Europe’s biggest event for collectors: that is the international Collector’s Fair taking place on Saturday, 5th and Sunday, 6th April 2008 the Jaarbeurs Utrecht, The Netherlands. Over 2000 stalls in five halls offer every possible collectable item, from china dolls to seventies lampshades and from design glass ware to pocket watches. For anyone that enjoys browsing around flea markets and bric-a-brac shops the biannual Collector’s Fair is a true paradise.

The fair also offers an entertaining programme with special exhibitions, presentations, demonstrations and signing sessions. This edition the fair’s focus is on contemporary collections of vintage fashion and clothes. The Dutch Hat Museum exhibits a hundred ladies hats with flowers, the exhibition ‘From hat to toe’ shows a collection of festive dresses from 1930 on, complete with period accessories and a collection of shoes and handbags. Specially for this spring fair a great number of classic cars line up on two locations.

CollectValue will have a large booth at the ‘Museum Plaza’ in Hall 7, so we invite you all to come over.

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