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What they say they are worth and what you get are not even close to the same.Good luck though.I have 3 or 4 thousand lps mostly classical will never sell them. |
How much time are you going to put into this endeavor? Checking and pricing every album can be tiresome. Maybe list it here for sale as a collection instead. |
If you sell them wholesale, the buyer won't care what you think they're worth. You'll probably be lucky to get more than a buck a piece. |
I will probably do this as I continue to digitize the collection. I started with a spreadsheet but I think I can do better, and provide some more info than I started.
It will be a big data entry project, so I expect it to take months.
I am not looking to get max retail - I'd rather find somebody(s) who will enjoy them.It would be nice if I found a site that updated US prices as they are sold (dream on...) but having an exportable list with data that's important to a prospective owner would be nice. I'm not sure what data is important, so I
I don't expect to make a killing here, and my preference would be for somebody to enjoy them.
I have talked to a couple of wholesalers, but they want a list.
I could go to a swap meet - there are a couple in Denver - but that's not of interest to me. There are always leftovers, which leaves me in the same boat.So, mostly, I just want to make a good catalog that's exportable.
And then, @noromance I can list it here or elsewhere as a collection.
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@big_greg I am more interested in disposing of these than getting rich. I have enjoyed them for half a century, and now it's somebody else's turn.
Maybe there is a better way, than taking/showing a list to interested parties?Ideas?
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It has already been said but
Discogs.com is all you need.
They have already done all the hard work.
All you need to do is figure out which exact version you have from their vast database and add it to " your collection".
Then when you have done you have all your albums in one place WITH all values based on sales of said album via discogs.
I catalogue my entire collection of vinyl, cassette, reels and CDs which numbers thousands and it really did not take long.
You can add your own notes to each item in your collection say for special like autographed or similar.
Go take a look at discogs, you will not regret it.
But selling them at fair market value?
That is another trick entirely. |
BTW
Your collection from discogs is available to share via email so all your wholesale interested parties should be able to view easily. |
Several hundred is a small collection. Do your research and price them individually. Go to U-Haul and get several record boxes, cut off the top flaps, insert records. Put them all in the garage, on a table with good lighting or in a secure room in your home. Put an ad on Craigslist listing the type of music, labels and any other descriptions you want. Make this an appointment only, cash sale and stick to it. I have done this several times with very good results. If you want to sell online, you need to invest in folding record mailing boxes. |
As others have said, you can enter them into discogs. Once you have, it will give you a range of what your collection is worth based on the condition that you enter. As far as other ideas than selling them wholesale, are there any local records shows or swap meets where you could go sell them individually? Get what you can for the high value items, then sell what's left wholesale or to private collectors. |
You can put as much time and effort into it as you want. In the end here’s what will happen- you will either sell them all to one guy for one lump sum and be glad you did for all the time it saved, or you will sell them one and two or maybe even three at a time to guys who every single one of them wants to pay less than you think you should get.
Be prepared in case of the second option to wind up with a bunch you either give or throw away.
Because, see, fair market value isn't what you think it is. Its what someone actually pays. As in after the fact.
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@uberwaltz -
"BTW
Your collection from discogs is available to share via email so all your wholesale interested parties should be able to view easily" is what I had hoped for.
And "All you need to do is figure out which exact version you have from their vast database and add it to " your collection".
Then when you have done you have all your albums in one place WITH all values based on sales of said album via discogs" is MORE than I'd hoped for.
Although some of the other suggestions can be a good solution, I have watched some major swap meets and the sellers are always left with the dregs. I live in a small town so selling piecemeal probably won't work.
@millercarbon I agree and hope my wholesalers will be good buyers. I don't want to display or mail several hundred records. You'd be surprised, though, at what I think fair market value is. It's "buyer centric."
All, thanks for the "guide" to Discogs. I couldn't find that info on their site, but that' probably because I didn't register yet. I'll do that this evening. |
