Largest Collection of Serials in Microfilm Ever Assembled Is For Sale

Hilco Streambank Hired as Exclusive Broker to Market Collection of 15,000 Titles

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Feb 14, 2019, 13:32 ET

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Streambank, a leading advisory firm specializing in the sale of intellectual property assets, is seeking offers for one of the largest single collections of microfilms ever assembled. A sale of the assets will be conducted pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code on March 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, by Hilco Streambank on behalf of the secured lender. Bids are due March 25, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Information regarding the opportunity is available here.

The collection contains nearly 15,000 titles covering various academic and historical topics featured in the most influential and iconic publications and journals in the world, as well as news weeklies like Time and Newsweek, entertainment publications like People and Rolling Stone, lifestyle publications like Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and sports publications like Sports Illustrated.

This diverse and comprehensive repository also houses the complete runs of hundreds of peer-reviewed scholarly journals from leading academic publishers, among many other content types. The entire archive has been meticulously preserved and stored, most of which includes every page as it was originally printed, complete with covers and advertisements. A majority of the archive is not available online today, nor has it ever been assembled into such a large collection as represented by this offering. According to Hilco Streambank CEO Gabe Fried, "The serials in microfilm collection is second to none in terms of variety, completeness, and quality. This one-of-a-kind collection represents an opportunity to control a vast archive, much of which is not available digitally."

Interested parties will be able to acquire individual titles, entire categories, or the entire collection of assets. This is a great way for libraries and research institutions to enhance their collections and save valuable space.

Parties interested in the archive assets or learning more about the sale process should CLICK HERE or contact Hilco Streambank directly using the contact information provided below.

Gabe Fried

CEO

[email protected]

617.458.9355

Richelle Kalnit

Senior Vice President

[email protected]

212.993.7214

Ben Kaplan

Associate

[email protected]

646.651.1978

About Hilco Streambank: Hilco Streambank is a market leading advisory firm specializing in intellectual property disposition and valuation. Having completed numerous transactions including sales in publicly reported Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, private transactions, and online sales through IPv4Auctions.com, Hilco Streambank has established itself as the premier intermediary in the consumer brand, internet and telecom communities. Hilco Streambank is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Global, the world's leading authority on maximizing the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization and advisory solutions to an international marketplace. Hilco Global operates more than twenty specialized business units offering services that include asset valuation and appraisal, retail and industrial inventory acquisition and disposition, real estate and strategic capital equity investments.

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