What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear


Have anyone of you actually calculated this ?

What's your personal ratio ?

I have not looked into this in any detail, and have if anything, only recently.....

Told family members (not my wife) 8^0..........something along the lines of ........." this piece of equipment is worth ......this (xxxx) ......." 

I have, told all family members that they could probably start an Ebay Record Selling Career; if their own career doesn't pan out.... with what is contained in the house. I don't think they are buying this idea ......right now.

This has me a little concerned.  

I assume the good records will only go up in value.  

Some gear I own, I believe is in this same state of fluctuating upward values.

Interested in your opinions, and findings on the subject.    Have you crossed this bridge yet ?  

ct0517

Showing 2 responses by mulveling

Gear, by a lot. I have what, some 3000 LPs - with not too much junk, and most of which I like/love. It’s certainly enough to where I’m not repeating the same plays too often - and just about large enough for gems to sometimes go into hiding and gloriously reemerge later on! But the main system (which has been vinyl exclusively for a while) does cross that 6-fig threshold, so there’s no way my vinyl collection gets close. I’m very happy with both my gear and music collections, and I’ll continue to acquire new vinyl. But not TOO much more, without culling - I’m afraid a much larger collection would get too unwieldy in my living space.
I think most of us realize selling a collection as a "whole" is a great way to get pennies on the dollar, or less, for it. Going the DiscOgs route and listing individually is the only chance many of us have to see decent return on our collections, albeit at a very large cost of time. 

Selling a gear "system" is also terrible for this reason. Nobody wants YOUR collection of gear or music. They want their OWN collection, and at best they may be interested in one of your pieces here or there. With hifi systems, at least there's maybe only a dozen or 2 components at most, and they're each a large average value, so it's definitely worth the extra effort of selling piece by piece.