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Thinking about selling Vinyl collection - long

I am a new member, but have been lurking here for over 5 years now. I've been long debating whether or not to get back into using my LPs again - but don't think that I'm really up for the hassle. I am going to catalogue them after we get back from a short trip to NE to see our son in graduate school. I'm not looking forward to the cataloging - if memory serves I have somewhere north of 500 or so LPs. I started collecting circa 1968 - rock, folk, jazz, celtic, fusion - etc.

I went to work after college for Audio Associates in Arlington,VA - had many good TTs - Rabco, Thorens 125w/SME - etc. - Just don't listen to LPs anymore - I doubt if any are below average in condition - some - like Hendrix Electric Ladyland import and French Stones set might have been played once.

So my question is this - what's the best way to sell them after I come up with the list of what I have?

Thanks for the advice - and for all the info and fun I've had over the years reading here!
kencrouch

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kencrouch OP
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Thanks for the suggestions - I just spent about 8 hours going through and listing them on Excel and ended up with 490 or so titles. I've decided to list them first as a group here on A'gon in the next couple of days and e-mail a listing to anyone interested in the whole lot.

Thanks again
ken
kencrouch OP
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Maineiac -
I do have much great music and it has been somewhat of a back-and-forth to try to decide what to do. I haven't used them in the better part of 20 years and I don't think I'm going to go back to changing records every 20 or so minutes. I'm probably going to go PC/server based - although some of the music like old Mayall, original Fleetwood Mac(pre-Stevie Nicks), some ECM and CTI and others are probably going to be hard to find.

At least that's the way I'm leaning now.
Ken
kencrouch OP
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One last question for you all before I list these - would you suggest an auction or a straight classified? I've not sold anything this way before - so I'm torn as to which way to go on these - what about reserves? Do they put people off? Like everyone I'm looking for a fair deal - one in which both parties a happy with their side of the transaction.

Thanks again for all your help - I've certainly learned quite a bit from everyone here through the years.

Ken
kencrouch OP
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Thanks for all your advice guys - I guess small lots is the consensus - so that's what I'll do - just have to decide on straight classified listing and auctions - - Guess I'd better get to work on getting the lots together!

Thanks again!
ken
kencrouch OP
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Kublakhan - thanks for the suggestion!

Clio09 - I worked for Audio Associates from 1973 to about 1976 or so - although I had many friends there and kept contact with the business. We carried some great stuff back then - McIntosh, Audio Research, ESS, Revox,Tandberg, Dahlquist - etc. I had the great experience of helping Saul Marantz unload his demo pair of DQ-10s out of his car - he was a really nice guy.

Ken
kencrouch OP
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All Vinyl guys- thanks for all the advice and help offered here - I started the first of my listings today and will be continuing to add auction listings as time goes on.

I hope they all go to good homes because I have some great music that deserves to be listened to again!

Thanks again for the help here!
Ken
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