Anybody with $2,000,000 to spare?

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Sep 2003, 17:04

If you are wondering what to do with the spare 2 million dollars lying around, you might want to consider this.
That's one serious fish library you get with all that moolah.

DeLBoD · Post by **DeLBoD** » 04 Sep 2003, 17:32

If only I had some spare change in my pocket.

clothahump · Post by **clothahump** » 04 Sep 2003, 18:09

I wonder if they have sold it, the site is 6 years old.

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Sep 2003, 18:16

The site is 6 years old, but the library was put up for sale only in late July.
Doubt it's sold at this time.

clothahump · Post by **clothahump** » 04 Sep 2003, 18:37

Missed the date HH, I notice they will not take offers.

Post by **Rusty** » 04 Sep 2003, 19:25

Only 124 tons of books for that much dough?

HH, does UMMZ have that kind of money?

If only...

Rusty

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Sep 2003, 19:35

This is not a collection of TFH books by far, and there's a lot of really good stuff in there.
Still, with many of the old books printed on acid paper, one wonders if the better part of the collection will fall apart someday.

HH, does UMMZ have that kind of money?

We are considering the purchase at the moment and a purchase request has been submitted to the library, I think.

clothahump · Post by **clothahump** » 04 Sep 2003, 20:00

one wonders if the better part of the collection will fall apart someday.

As will everything HH, I would love to see the collection.

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 05 Sep 2003, 10:48

Silurus wrote: Still, with many of the old books printed on acid paper, one wonders if the better part of the collection will fall apart someday.

So, what you'll need is a fully trained Conservator! Hmmm, do I know of any? Yes, my partner! Tell you what, we'll come over, she can support me until we sucessfully lobby UMMZ into letting us set up a large purely freshwater Public Aquarium with full research facilities, and then we'll have the perfect study centre for the All Catfish Project!