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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
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Ken,

My opinion is that you should list your LPs in small lots, say 5, 10, or 20 at a time, set a price for them and see what happens. You could try to sell them as a lot, or individually, or both. Then you will have a better idea of what moves and what doesn't. The auction may be best to try and sell what it left over.

However you decide to do this be prepared, as Mothra posted, for this to take some time. The only work you need to do is the listing and then the shipping. Be patient and I think you can get a pretty good return.
kencrouch OP
10 posts
 
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
kublakhan
718 posts
 
you're going to need a lot of shipping boxes. i suggest buying them in bulk to save money. i think u-line.com sells them but check around for the best deal.
clio09
3,357 posts
 
Ken,

I used to live in Arlington and visited the Audio Associates store on Fairfax Drive quite a bit. I bought a Hafler amp and preamp there, along with a Yamaha DSP unit. This was back in the late 80's to early 90's. Back then Myer Emco and Audio Associates were two of the bigger dealers in the area.
kencrouch OP
10 posts
 
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
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