I currently have a recording up for auction with 10% of the sale price, if it sells, designated for Mudcat. I got a question about the percentage since the actual dollar amount is likely to be relatively small. I'm posting my answer because I think it's important to understand that lots of small amounts can add up to a large amount.

"Here's what I view as the issue. I can put several hundred dollars worth of songbooks and recordings up here or on EBay. I'm not putting it here if there are no bidders. I can give 10% of the sales prices to Mudcat or pay roughly 10% in costs to EBay. Frankly I'd rather give it here but I'm not prepared to give the books and recordings away.

As far as whether the 10% is 10 cents or $10.00, whatever Mudcat gets I presume is better than nothing. I just auctioned off a song book for $150 on EBay. Would I rather the fees go to Mudcat? You bet. But I didn't put it up for Mudcat auction beacause it looks like nobody looks at stuff here. I put up th Guthrie/Houston recording as a kind of trial balloon.

For a collector, this is probably a pretty neat item but I don't know if there are any collectors here. The way to find out is to list stuff. I figure I'll find out."