Hey vinyl lovers: Need some 78 and LP advice.... - Beyond Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Tue, Nov 15, 2005 8:25 PM hey martiki- As mentioned in other posts on this thread: do not sell them to a record store, ESPECIALLY if you don't know their value right away. You may be giving away precious cargo to some gouger that will keep his mouth shut when he or she sees the treasure you put before them. Trust me..you WILL get ripped off. Quite frankly I would sit on these until I knew their true worth, then find yourself a place to sell them. Flea market, record show, whatever. Ebay is okay in my opinion, but I have found that unless you have something that is super rare and in excellent condition, you won't make bank on it. What you may see as rare, Ebay will be saturated with many of the same thing. For that reason Ebay isn't always a great price guide. What may go for $30 in a record store, might go for way less on Ebay when there are 10 other people selling the same thing. Beleive me, I have gone this route to research what I've found and usually I'm dissapointed that it may not be as big a find as I thought. I don't know about other parts of the country but the WFMU Record Fair happens here twice annually and has dealers with vinyl that range from the very expensive to the very cheap, and rest assured MOST of them, like 95% of them know their real value, and only let them go at those prices no matter how expensive they may be. Another thing to remember: unless your vinyl is in very good to excellent condition, it's not going to be worth much. Scuffed up surfaces on the record and LP jackets that have seem splits in them will deminish their value. On one of my last LP hunts when I was in Florida I found a pop compilation from the 60s called 'Out of Sight'. It had a real retro looking cover with some swinging 60s chick holding a guitar and psychedelic lettering. Primo condition, open but still had the original shrink wrap on it. Some of the artists included Joe Tex, Lou Rawls, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and some band I never heard of called The Beachnuts. When I listened to the album, I thought that the singer on The Beachnuts song "Cycle Annie" sounded like Lou Reed. Guess what? It WAS Lou Reed PRE-Velvet Underground. Turns out he was a staff writer for the label "Out of Sight" was on. Now THAT"S gotta be worth something!!! Oh yeah...I bought it for a mere 50 cents!!! [ Edited by: donhonyc 2005-11-15 22:40 ]

hey martiki-

As mentioned in other posts on this thread: do not sell them to a record store, ESPECIALLY if you don't know their value right away. You may be giving away precious cargo to some gouger that will keep his mouth shut when he or she sees the treasure you put before them. Trust me..you WILL get ripped off.

Quite frankly I would sit on these until I knew their true worth, then find yourself a place to sell them. Flea market, record show, whatever. Ebay is okay in my opinion, but I have found that unless you have something that is super rare and in excellent condition, you won't make bank on it. What you may see as rare, Ebay will be saturated with many of the same thing. For that reason Ebay isn't always a great price guide. What may go for $30 in a record store, might go for way less on Ebay when there are 10 other people selling the same thing. Beleive me, I have gone this route to research what I've found and usually I'm dissapointed that it may not be as big a find as I thought.

I don't know about other parts of the country but the WFMU Record Fair happens here twice annually and has dealers with vinyl that range from the very expensive to the very cheap, and rest assured MOST of them, like 95% of them know their real value, and only let them go at those prices no matter how expensive they may be.

Another thing to remember: unless your vinyl is in very good to excellent condition, it's not going to be worth much. Scuffed up surfaces on the record and LP jackets that have seem splits in them will deminish their value.

On one of my last LP hunts when I was in Florida I found a pop compilation from the 60s called 'Out of Sight'. It had a real retro looking cover with some swinging 60s chick holding a guitar and psychedelic lettering. Primo condition, open but still had the original shrink wrap on it. Some of the artists included Joe Tex, Lou Rawls, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and some band I never heard of called The Beachnuts. When I listened to the album, I thought that the singer on The Beachnuts song "Cycle Annie" sounded like Lou Reed. Guess what? It WAS Lou Reed PRE-Velvet Underground. Turns out he was a staff writer for the label "Out of Sight" was on. Now THAT"S gotta be worth something!!! Oh yeah...I bought it for a mere 50 cents!!!

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2005-11-15 22:40 ]

Post #198313 by donhonyc on Tue, Nov 15, 2005 8:25 PM