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This is REALLY not true. The most valuable records are the great performances that the record collectors are after.
While the Merc Living Presence series is valuable, as is the RCA Shaded and White Dogs, the value is also highly dependent on the pressing. Also, many were pressed first in mono and later in stereo and the mono versions are not very valuable. Value of these can be hundreds to thousands while most newer audiophile labels like Mobile Fidelity bring far less. The same performances on some of these big labels was sometimes also released on small no-name labels or European labels making some oddball records very valuable.
I once bought a sealed RCA Shaded Dog of the Ansermet Royal Ballet Gala for $5 at an estate sale and sold if for $700. You gotta really know what you are looking at, most people would have passed by that record and many others that are very valuable to the people that are willing to pay the most.
And I wish I hadn't sold that record
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This is REALLY not true. The most valuable records are the great performances that the record collectors are after.
While the Merc Living Presence series is valuable, as is the RCA Shaded and White Dogs, the value is also highly dependent on the pressing. Also, many were pressed first in mono and later in stereo and the mono versions are not very valuable. Value of these can be hundreds to thousands while most newer audiophile labels like Mobile Fidelity bring far less. The same performances on some of these big labels was sometimes also released on small no-name labels or European labels making some oddball records very valuable.
I once bought a sealed RCA Shaded Dog of the Ansermet Royal Ballet Gala for $5 at an estate sale and sold if for $700. You gotta really know what you are looking at, most people would have passed by that record and many others that are very valuable to the people that are willing to pay the most.
And I wish I hadn't sold that record
My point more generally is that the "audiophile" labels may bring more, as in say $50 for a MoFi here and there. But those aren't the really valuable stuff.
The really valuable stuff is more obscure to the casual collector. Value of pop and audiophile label stuff has dropped in the past 5 years and value of jazz and classical has skyrocketed as a HUGE quantity of it is being bought up by Asians and leaving this continent.
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The really valuable stuff is more obscure to the casual collector. Value of pop and audiophile label stuff has dropped in the past 5 years and value of jazz and classical has skyrocketed as a HUGE quantity of it is being bought up by Asians and leaving this continent.
If he was buying jazz in the 1960s, he might have a few gems in there. But rock albums from the 70s are not going to make you rich.
One thing to keep in mind is that a given record in a given condition has many values, depending on the market you're trying to sell it in. Your local music store might give you a dime. You might get a better price for the lot from a collector through craigslist. You could charge maybe $.50-$1 and unload a fair number at a garage sale. Sold one at a time, you might get a few bucks on eBay. Sold in lots, you won't do quite as well.
So part of the question is, how much work are you willing to put into maximizing your return here?
As for 45s, my impression is that there is very little demand for non-rarities. Don't know about VHS, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Eight-track? What's an eight-track?
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One thing to keep in mind is that a given record in a given condition has many values, depending on the market you're trying to sell it in. Your local music store might give you a dime. You might get a better price for the lot from a collector through craigslist. You could charge maybe $.50-$1 and unload a fair number at a garage sale. Sold one at a time, you might get a few bucks on eBay. Sold in lots, you won't do quite as well.
So part of the question is, how much work are you willing to put into maximizing your return here?
As for 45s, my impression is that there is very little demand for non-rarities. Don't know about VHS, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Eight-track? What's an eight-track?
This is good to know - I haven't kept track of the Vinyl market in decades. I might have to start liquidating some of the staples back in the day like "Jazz at the Pawnshop"
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Value of pop and audiophile label stuff has dropped in the past 5 years and value of jazz and classical has skyrocketed as a HUGE quantity of it is being bought up by Asians and leaving this continent.![]()
This is good to know - I haven't kept track of the Vinyl market in decades. I might have to start liquidating some of the staples back in the day like "Jazz at the Pawnshop"
It's a bummer no matter how old you are when a parent passes away.
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