Estate Sales


I know this might be a touchy subject

 But, I’ll ask anyway 

I’ve  read about LP guys who pick up great albums, old classics , etc  at an Estate Sales

How do you find out about Estate sales with audio/Hifi equipment and LP’s in you local area ?   

I know that our group is gray haired. Or does everybody know what our stuff is worth , and sell online ? 
Jeff
frozentundra

Showing 2 responses by dill

I own an estate sale company and if we have records & stereo gear I feature it in our ads. I will have photos of the bins of records & setup the audio gear, so it is all working if space permits. Checkout Craigslist under garage sales and  https://www.estatesales.net/  and   https://estatesales.org/  for local sales in your area. I go though all the records and price the better ones accordingly, but most are $2.00 each. I use a national Craigslist search, eBay, Reverb and Orion Audio Blue Book to price the gear. After 24 years in the business, we have not come across very much high end gear, mainly mid-fi and below.
You have to realize, we as an estate sale providers, have to deal with a household full of items of all sorts of value and records, mid-fi stereo gear are not a big priority. Record buyers and book buyers are very minor contributors to the success of a sale. Jewelry. silver, coins, paintings, collectibles, knives, guns & ammo, furniture, cooking gear, yard tools, hand tools, power tools, cars, boats, campers, etc. are all more popular and lucrative.