Not sure what gives this guy the right to call his personal collection "The Greatest," as i'm sure it is smaller (and probably less grand, though I've seen neither) than the collection at the Library of Congress. Semantics aside, "the world's greatest music collection" is up for sale.
It was (and may still be) on eBay and only one bid of just over $28 million has come in (unfortunately, this bid fell through). The owner has estimated the collection at closer to $50 million, and with super rare albums (such as an "unreleased, untitled Rolling Stones album of early singles. Originally recorded in mono, the songs were remastered in stereo for FM radio stations in the early 1970s. Mawhinney estimates the album is worth between $5,000 and $10,000.") some say the estimate is pretty darn close.
If this thing were anywhere near N. Florida, I might make the trek just to say I got to see this massive collection. In stead i'll probably just be jealous of whoever buys it and figure out when I can visit the LoC collection at a much later date. (Some other D.C. visits are higher on the list, including Mt. Vernon and George Washington's whiskey distillery.)
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