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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

I build wood shelving for my records as my collection grows......

At 08:19 PM 3/30/2010, you wrote:
>----- 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