Dick Buckley's Record Collection To Be Auctioned Today

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 17, 2011 4:40PM

Chicago lost one of its greatest champions of jazz music and a radio stalwart last year with the passing of former WBEZ host Dick Buckley. At times we wondered what would happen of Buckley's extensive record collection. Sun-Times chronicler of the offbeat Dave Hoekstra informs us that Buckley's record collection is being auctioned off by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (1338 W. Lake St.) at 5 p.m. today. Fellow crate diggers can inspect the collection, which has been divided into 92 lots, from now until then.

The 92 lots, comprising of 100 items each, are divided into musical style, artist, and format. Hindman's director of books and manuscripts Mary Williams told Hoekstra, “Even the family didn’t realize how much music he had.” It appears Buckley was a huge fan of guitarist Wes Montgomery, some oddball relics, reel-to-reel Buckley interviews, Duke Ellington bootlegs and novelty albums are among the collection, and none of the records are in mint condition; Buckley played every last item up for auction.

Buckley's son Jeff said that it was his father's wish to sell the collection. To participate in the auction, call (312) 280-1212.