An incredible collection!

[HollowState]

I thought I had a lot of stuff stashed away, but this guy beats me. If only I had an extra half million semolians to spend. See all the pictures at the end.
McIntosh Marantz JBL Altec Jensen Western Electric Fisher Scott EV Equipment | eBay

 

[vinylkid58]

I guess if you're going to hoard, there's worse stuff to collect.

jeff

 

[Midnightmayhem]

Nice to know I'm not alone in my disorder and that there is always someone who is far sicker than I. ROTFL

 

[Shoog]

I would guess there is profit in buying and breaking up that collection.

Shoog

 

[lexx21]

I want this guy to adopt me :-D

 

[TubeHead Johnny]

Man! That's a lot of speakers!!!

 

[Cassiel]

OMG, if I get in there I won't see the daylight again.

 

[Cal Weldon]

This keeps surfacing. I wonder if he'll ever get a buyer.

 

[Palustris]

Yes, every year or so he puts that lot up for sale. It would be fun to go through it, but it's not worth .5 million.

 

[TheGimp]

Considering the amount of effort it would take to catalog, price, list and sell all of it broken down...

I don't think it would be worth it.

That is an amazing collection though.

It reminds me of the legends of Harley Davidson collections. Every once in a while one actually shows up. Not to that scale, but hoards none the less.

 

[wicked1]

Yes, every year or so he puts that lot up for sale. It would be fun to go through it, but it's not worth .5 million.

The collection may be worth that, but it would take soooo much work to actually go through it and start cleaning up amps and components to resell, I doubt you'd ever make the money back... (at the least it would be a long term investment)
And, he even mentions he's trying to sell while the market is hot.. That's not the best advertisement strategy.

I've been hoarding old computers and computer equipment for years.. Any time I take down an old mainframe, or come across a HDD that's measured in feet rather than inches, I keep it. old electronics are cool . Doubt it will ever have any value like this audio collection, though....

edit- gimp beat me to the same point

 

[lexx21]

I wonder just how much it all would be worth if anything that wasn't working were made fresh again. Also building out high quality cabinets for the speakers....

 

[kstagger]

I absolutely love vintage gear - own and run much of it myself - but honestly, only a few pieces really are worth the effort to own and rebuild. Of course many - but not all - of these are usually the expensive pieces!

 

[Cal Weldon]

Let's put this in group buy and see if we can raise $300K. He'll probably bite.

 

[speakerfritz]

it would be good to do an on site so one would know where this stuff is......that way when the property owner puts it all up for a "get it out of here" auction, it can be dibbed on.

 

[overtheairbroadcast]

Eh. I'll skip this one -- it can't be all that good since I just don't see any Pyle Pro amps, Red Wine Audio products, or any 8-Track tape players in there.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Ya, it's all commercial, no diy stuff there, how much could it possibly be worth?

 

[sled108]

Just watch American Pickers...There are so many people out there, with More Stuff than I can think of just where to Put it...Let alone Buying...It's Crazy....

 

[benb]

I recall a thread about a guy with a couple million LPs...

 

[mobyd]

That lot has been on Ebay for many months - It has been gradually shrinking (there were dozens of JBL 2242s when first listed, last time I looked he was down to four).
I see it as a classified advertisement rather than an auction listing.