Paul Mawhinney

Gigantic Music Collection Heads Back To The Auction Block

noah | March 24, 2008 5:30 am
noah | March 24, 2008 5:30 am

After putting his six-million-song music collection on eBay and getting burned by a fake bidder, Pittsburgh rare-music collector Paul Mawhinney is once again trying to unburden himself of the 45s, LPs, and other pieces of recorded music he’s amassed over the years via auction. More »


Fake Record-Collection Buyer Speaks, Claims That Someone Spoofed His Login

noah | February 25, 2008 11:30 am
noah | February 25, 2008 11:30 am

The eBay user who placed the $3 million-and-change bid on Pittsburgh-area record collector Paul Mawhinney’s three-million-record library is now claiming that he was a victim of identity fraud, and that he had no idea that his account on the auction site had been used to make the winning bid. More »


Huge Record Collection’s Alleged Buyer May Be Getting Some Very Negative eBay Feedback Soon

noah | February 22, 2008 3:59 am
noah | February 22, 2008 3:59 am

The eBay user jopsoup–who won the gigantic record collection that was up for auction there with a $3,002,500 bid–has a curious addition to his favorably rated profile: He’s now noted as not being registered with the site. What does that mean? More »



Huge Record Collection Sells For $3 Million And Change

noah | February 22, 2008 2:00 am
noah | February 22, 2008 2:00 am

2-1.jpgThe library-sized record collection that went on sale via eBay earlier this week has found a buyer, although the collection, which includes more than three million pieces, didn’t quite fetch the $50 million that owner Paul Mawhinney had been hoping to get. In fact, the final price didn’t inch much further past the $3 million reserve that Mawhinney had set with eBay, although the collection’s final price of $3,002,150 is one of the highest selling prices in eBay’s history. Details on the person who’s claiming to have $3 million on hand are sketchy: He lives in Ireland and goes by the name of jopsoup, and he has 97.1% positive feedback. And it would seem that he’s used eBay to buy music-related items before, although none of his purchases have been this big (not to mention expensive to ship across the Atlantic).

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How Much Would You Spend For Six Million Songs? (Hint: $50 Million May Not Be Enough)

noah | February 18, 2008 2:40 am
noah | February 18, 2008 2:40 am

2-1.jpgIn case you were wondering just who owned that six-million-song music collection that’s currently listed on eBay with a starting price of $3 million: Meet Paul Mawhinney, an obsessive music cataloger and record-collectors’-guide publisher who also owned the Pittsburgh-area shop Record-Rama. In a 2003 profile of his business, he was quoted as saying “Almost all the guys out on the front line of the music business are all conniving to get what they can.” And given his past history of deals where he’s almost made some cash from his collection, it’s easy to see why he feels this way!

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