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Old Vinyl Valuation and Care

My father recently passed away and left me all his albums. They include 78's from the early 50's on the Dial Label. I have a good turntable/VPI cleaning machine but are there any special considerations for cleaning or storing these records, and secondly how can I properly assess their $ value?
xagwell
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
Value? Best to take a sampling of the records to e-Bay and see if any surface with value. I have seen single 78's go for as much as $1000, with sometimes over 20 bidders. Yes, rare of the rare can get those prices but only if the condition is mint/mint.
actusreus
733 posts
 
I am sorry about your father passing. Perhaps you should consider keeping as many albums as possible that you also like since they might carry a special significance to you? I of course have no clue what your relationship with your father was like, but I'd want to keep as much as possible that was my father's. I could not put a value on it.
xagwell OP
131 posts
 
As always thanks for the input. I do not plan on getting rid of any of the albums. Although I now have original releases of the many 180 gram re-issues I own. I will look into the disc dr 78 cleaning solution and see how it compares with the miracle version I already use. Most of the albums are not in the best shape so I don't plan to play them on my LP-12/Shelter, but on an old Yamaha table I have.
Thanks for your feedback and kind words.
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