That way, he personally can break some kind of a record. Ironically, the word is that he is not a wealthy man. But he is attempting to eventually get his hands on enough money to do a huge volume of harp buying. He wants to have a huge harp museum, and charge admission to all us harpists. If we want to see the world's harps, we will have to go to him.
Money is money, and a sale is a sale.
Other harps, some historic, have been lost to fire in the past. I am really bothered by this prospect. I think I need to confront this person. If he contacts any of you, please tell him I need to have a talk with him. If he is truly altruistic, he could just donate money to one of many historic harp foundations I know of.