POP/ROCK - March 5, 1990

Boss Museum Collection Goes on Sale: Two men who claim to have the world’s largest collection of publicly displayed Bruce Springsteen memorabilia are putting the collection up for sale. Stephen Bumball and Bill Smith say they have to move the Asbury Park, N.J., Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum out of a landmark house in the city and they can’t find a new place to display the collection, which includes rare recordings, photos and posters about the Jersey Shore music scene and its leading star. They say 35,000 fans, including Springsteen himself, visited the museum between July 4, 1986, and November, 1988. Smith and Bumball say their collection is now being appraised and they hope to sell it intact to someone who will display it.