Dallas Record Store Owners Sift Through Million-Piece Collection In Search Of Valuable Items

[Joyrex]

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/11/25/treasure-hunt-dallas-record-store-owners-million-piece-collection-valuable-items/

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“It is a treasure hunt. You don’t know what you’re looking through in any particular box there’s always a surprise,” says Sardello.

“About 750,000 records and a couple of hundred thousand posters.”

It’s what Bill Wisener left behind when he died in January 2020.

The Dallas record store owner had a vault of collectibles purchased by two men who once worked for him, the owners of Josey Records.

“It was always a well-known fact that he had multiple storage units just filled with records,” he says, “He kept it very under wraps.”

 

[ignatius]

jesus. epic work to be done.  that's a lot of records. pretty cool they're digging into it all and the finds will have their own section in their record store. 

[Taupe Beats]

If that's the same Bill's that I'm thinking it was, that was the only record store I ever found a vinyl copy of Cabaret Voltaire's "Red Mecca" in. That was a great day.

[bronchuseven]

RIP Bill - I loved your store, although I wasn't as much of a fan of no price labels on anything; Bill would quote you a price at the counter based on how much he liked you.