Wayne, Just to be as fair as possible I cannot say the buyer intends to sell the Maury photos in the album listed individually for sure, but when you go to the ebay site if you click on the buyer there is a link to information about the buyer, and then another link in the window on the right side of the page to what they have for sale. When I followed these links it called up a list of old photos listed on ebay for auction. Perhaps the buyer intends or would be interested in making the whole album available and I agree it should go to family or genealogical record. I did send an email to the seller asking if they would forward my email requesting information. I do not know the rules for ebay re. making buyer contact available, but thought if anyone wants to follow this or has specific connection they might be able to gain some access to or copies - otherwise it is lost. And it is history of Maury County even if not related. The amount paid would have been a small amount for such a ! rich record for a genealogical library. When a great grandmother died several years ago in TX, someone broke into the house and stole all the old photos and albums I had only seen part of earlier. I am sure these were sold somewhere and would love to come across even a few. Then a couple of years ago I was in an antique shop in LA and found a whole album for sale on a family in TX. My thought was these would mean more to the faimily members than they would ever to anyone else, and the store was considering selling them individually if they could not sell the album. I bought it and posted the names on genforum under the major surname, and was rewarded with two relatives who recognized the names and were glad and thankful to have the album found. They were willing to pay me what I paid but I did not have the mind to charge them because of what had happened to our family photos. I treasure the card I received from them after they received the album, and later saw on the forum a post that "thanks to the kindness of a! stranger a family album of ancestors had been found". I just hope someday someone else will return the favor, or they will do the same for someone else. We can do more together than alone, and those of us who value these old records should collect and share what we can. I follow the Maury county posts and although almost all are not related, it has given me a flavor of the area and kind of people who lived there, which has been very positive, and is as close as I can get to knowing the character and lives of ancestors. When I visited the area people could not have been nicer, cemetery lists were available, and I enjoyed researching in the library. My husband and I both enjoyed the food and old photos posted in some local restaurants. Maury county does a good job. Best regards, Judy (paternal great grandfather believed to have been born in Maury Co., TN before coming to TX abt. 1893, and buried in Mount Nebo Cemetery in Maury)