Back in February, I was among the many music fans that were following with interest, the story about the mammoth record collection that was on Ebay with a price tag of three million dollars.

What will three million dollars get you?

You’ll acquire a modest music collection made up of:

3 million albums.

300,000 CDs.

More than 6 million song titles total.

I’m sure your wife/husband won’t have a problem with it, really.

Apparently, it was a problem because as we head towards September, owner Paul Mawhinney’s collection remains unsold, which I was not aware of.

I got a message today from filmmaker Sean Dunne, who wrote me to share a very cool film he shot about Mawhinney’s collection.

Here’s a bit about Sean, in his own words:

Hi, I’m Sean Dunne. I’m 27 and I live in Brooklyn, NY. I’m kind of just a punker at heart. But not in like a “I love satan and hate my Mom” type way. I like songs about girls and food. So yeah, I just always liked vinyl and preferred it over CD’s. I really like the way it sounds and looks and I love searching and finding the stuff I like.

Recently I was in the Pittsburgh area and I visited the famed Record Rama Sound Archive. The place is simply amazing, Paul Mawhinney has a ridiculous collection that would blow any record collectors mind.

Anyway, I made a little short film about his collection. At first the film was just meant to be about an obsessive collector but in the process of interviewing him I feel it kind of became a film about the fall of the music industry as a whole. Pretty interesting.

I make TV promos to pay the bills and finance these little docs. I am really interested in telling people’s stories. When I was growing up I always liked Erroll Morris’ films and I wished that I could make films like him one day. I have made a bunch of these short docs. They are fun. Hopefully someday someone will pay me to make them and I can do this full time. I have some interesting projects coming up but they are top secret. Great stories.

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

The above video makes me want to jump in the car right now and drive to Pittsburgh!

Thanks Sean, for capturing and sharing these great moments on film!

Visit Paul Mawhinney’s website with complete information on his collection, right here.

Visit Sean Dunne’s website here.