What makes you think that? Some rich guy may buy a whole computer so he can get another keyboard to hang on the wall with the rest of his keyboard collection. And scrap the rest.
Always possible. Better chance of being saved than when a recycler buys the rest.
Seriously folks: Paul was a great guy but from the POV of his estate he's just another hoarder. And unless your "museum" has proper incorporation, documentation, and a trust or something behind it to survive the owner's death, it's just another hoard as well.
And when you're cleaning up after a hoarder's death there isn't time to go through every item and lovingly find a home for it. Especially if it's yor Dad's collection of used Pinball machine parts. (so to speak)
Nor is there really much of an economic incentive: While $10,000 for an that RS08 on Ebay may seem like a lot of "value" to us, at a certain wealth point that's not really worth the time to stop on the street to pick up. So you just junk it to save time.
That's just life.
