[78-L] More from the Eb*y Stupid File....

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Geoffrey Wheeler" <dialjazz at verizon.net>
>>> AGTP asks: “I can't help thinking back to a few years ago, when a yokel
>>> tried to
>>> dump his over 3 million records and cds on eBay -- and thought he was
>>> gonna get $28.5 million for it.”
>>>
>>>
> I've been meaning to say something about this.  Paul Mawhinny is no
> yokel.  He is a well known and very knowledgable collector, researcher,
> and dealer.  He also was not seeking $28.5 million, it was more like
> $2.85 million -- actually really about $2.0 million.
>>> Sh-h-h. Th Easter Bunny is bringing them to YOUR house via FedEx
>>> collect.
>>>
>>>
> It would be more like Elijah bringing them!
>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> The problem with my suddenly obtaining 3,000,000 records (78 pm) is
>> that I would then have to find just over 22,000 milk boxes...?! Of 
>> course,
>> I might be able to buy them from a manufacturer, given the size of my
>> order...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>>
> While your milk boxes are famous, I can't believe that they are even
> your PREFERRED method of storage.  If Paul's collection came with all
> the shelving -- and that was one of the offers -- you would turn down
> the shelving and use milk boxes??????!!!!!!
>
Depends on the shelving! Virtually ALL the metal shelving available to-day
is totally incapable of holding my half-vast 78rpm archives; 78's weigh 
about
.5 lbs each. If we assume that 78's are .1" thick (my guess) then a 
foot-long
row of them is120 78's...or 60 lbs. of shellac. Given that modern metal
shelves are around 4 feet wide, then each shelf has to support 240 lbs. of
records...which, generally, they CAN'T! Over 12 years ago, I owned one
set of industrial-grade steel shelving (bought when a large Toronto 
department
store was closed and emptied). These were SERIOUS shelves; in fact, I have
never seen any similar ones being sold! I lost these when some EX-friends
decided to hold an impromptu "contents sale" of my Toronto home; some
lucky <deleted> bought not only the shelves, but the 500-odd LP's stored
on them...for just over $100.00...?! FEH!!

Steven C. Barr