clarke68
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Apparently not...I heard an interview with him on NPR, he had been trying to sell the collection for a while before he hit eBay. The Library of Congress couldn't afford it, nor could any other government institution (so that excludes all the public universities). One scenario he was particularly hoping for was for some wealthy music lover to buy the collection and donate it to the LOC.
At one point, someone offered him $28 million for it, but the "buyer" went bankrupt shortly thereafter.
I'm glad he got his retirement largess, although it's too bad that the greatest collection of American music ever amassed will be living on the other side of the Atlantic. Europeans have often demonstrated a greater appreciation for our music more than we have (assuming the buyer isn't just some large-scale eBay huckster).
Originally Posted by Zanth /img/forum/go_quote.gif he could have made at least double from a few US museums/government bodies. |
Apparently not...I heard an interview with him on NPR, he had been trying to sell the collection for a while before he hit eBay. The Library of Congress couldn't afford it, nor could any other government institution (so that excludes all the public universities). One scenario he was particularly hoping for was for some wealthy music lover to buy the collection and donate it to the LOC.
At one point, someone offered him $28 million for it, but the "buyer" went bankrupt shortly thereafter.
I'm glad he got his retirement largess, although it's too bad that the greatest collection of American music ever amassed will be living on the other side of the Atlantic. Europeans have often demonstrated a greater appreciation for our music more than we have (assuming the buyer isn't just some large-scale eBay huckster).