[78-L] largest record collection (in Pittsburgh)

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Message: 4
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:05:19 +0000
From: Anthony G Pavick <pavukanton at gmail.com>

Finally someone else has had the guts
 to expose this shyster. 
Basically Mawhinney got what he got by hoarding promos and stuff that 
he bought wholesale. Of course he has a massive collection. He kept 
at least 1 of everything that ever came in. Unlike the rest of us, I 
doubt that he ever paid
 full retail for any of them. Value by volume simply

The guy was (and still is) pretty much despised around Pittsburgh as 
being a legend in his own mind.

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I have never met or heard of Mr. Mawhinney but I can't understand the vitriol being directed at him.  Maybe there's more to the story than what has been posted but from what I've read, if he was a dealer and was able to purchase records at wholesale, why wouldn't he?  Doesn't any car dealer purchase his own car at wholesale?  I know of a number of broadcasters who have collections made up of promo discs which manufacturers have sent to them - I have many which these broadcasters have passed on to me, does that make me a shyster?  While the drama of the video got a bit maudlin at times, I pity Mr. Mawhinney  and his situation and can appreciate the predicament he's in because I know that even my comparatively modest collection is going to be a burden on my heirs when I move on.  It's hard to tell from cleverly determined video angles how large this collection is but it looks to me like an estimate of 1 million is very conservative.

db