Largest Record Collection for Sale

[barrysloate]

There's probably a business in there somewhere, but how many of those 3 million records are sellable? Sure, vintage blues, jazz, and rock albums are easy to sell and would be in high demand. But what do you do with "Learn Italian in 10 Easy Lessons", or "Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing Il Pagliacci"? Those could be hard to move.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

No I don't think this is the future of BB cards. I have bought and sold records as well, you must have a rare record to get a great price. Most of the others are not that sought after, there are more available than collectors.

joe

agreed. If you have a turntable and like listening to vinyl, best to just keep them. In Seattle there are so many used record stores that I'm surprise they stay in business - I have been able to find every single record I've ever looked for, and all were cheap. Not that I collect anything rare.

This could all change someday, as records are being pressed again and young people are getting into them. Old records might start getting collected by young folks, just as old baseball cards now are.

I still love looking through old vinyl.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

There's probably a business in there somewhere, but how many of those 3 million records are sellable? Sure, vintage blues, jazz, and rock albums are easy to sell and would be in high demand. But what do you do with "Learn Italian in 10 Easy Lessons", or "Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing Il Pagliacci"? Those could be hard to move.

Those will have to go to the Goodwill, where they can frustrate people who thought there might be a good record somewhere in the bin.