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My oldest brother by 12 years died a while back and his 3500 albums are making their way to me
I received about half of them about 2 months ago My wife is starting to get a lil worked up on my space invading accusation
Some of the discs are 60-70 years old and very weighty, most of the actual albums are pristine, covers are not so in half the collection
some are autographed, very wide range of stuff
Every Chicago thing possible, stubs, autographs, pics, box sets......basically a Chicago Head
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, The supremes, Vanill Fudge, Utopia, Grand Funk
all over the place
I took about 200 to our local record shop and she barely glanced at em stating my customers want pristine covers
im working on a list
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
Just trying to figure out
Just trying to figure out what to do with them, I'm keeping and listening to a load of em. Built 2 cool boxes for them but it's still a lot.
advice
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
Where's Herbal Dave when you
Where's Herbal Dave when you need him?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
reality is 75%+ of most
reality is 75%+ of most stashes are generally unsellable at any price because of title or condition
"good" records still really need to be properly cleaned before they can be accurately evaluated for condition
some albums (even in thrashed condition) can still be worth a few hundred dollars
sorting (and moving, and storing, and cleaning, and cataloging) 3500 albums is a ton of work, even for someone proficient in these things
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
I wasn't even looking for $.
I wasn't even looking for $. Sunday dinners with my MIL calls for Stan Getz, Ray Charles and Mac Davis
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Discogs is your friend. I
Discogs is your friend. I just cataloged our collection over this past winter using that app when everything is dark, cold, and rainy in the PNW. Check it out. Very user friendly and gives you all the estimated values and geeky info on each album.
Will be adding the five albums I picked up down in Florida.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
That's quite the inheritance,
That's quite the inheritance, Tim.
Sounds like some solid Jazz and Rock titles. If you have clean, flawless (Near Mint) original copies of classic titles, even with less than perfect covers, they will sell for decent money because the demand is so high for those titles. Similarly, as Bss mentioned, there are more offbeat titles, that never sold in great quantities, that still sell for bucks with diminished covers, because they are considered musically noteworthy and there aren't many copies available.
It sounds like you are more interested in exploring your brothers' collection than cashing in on it, which is a noble and commendable approach. Given you're in a flood prone region of the country, try to store them off the floor if you can. To assuage your wife's concerns about space, maybe separate out the titles you're unsure if you want to keep, and prioritize listening to those. You'll undoubtedly discover some pleasant surprises you'll want to hold onto, and the more underwhelming ones you can sell or give away. That should at least acknowledge the Missus' concerns. Even if no dealer will pay you for them, you can always donate them to a non-profit like Goodwill for a tax write-off at whatever they charge to their records, which is usually at least a buck a piece.
Have fun checking out and listening to your wonderful gift!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
That's quite the inheritance,
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
Our (very good, very eclectic
Our (very good, very eclectic) public radio station (91.9 on the dial, KRVM.org on the net) takes donations of albums. Some they play, some they sell at their yearly fundraising record sale. Do you have something like that?
KRVM ("The "V" is for variety") has high school students as DJ's during school days playing what they enjoy (yes, some teacher supervision) and specialty shows nights, overnight, weekends. It's a remarkably good station.
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Ken, thanks for the discogs
Ken, thanks for the discogs app info. I sold my turntable before the last move along with a bunch of LPs of little worth at a garage sale. I still have a large Zappa collection, and a bunch of other good stuff on LP and it's about time I separate from it and get it in the hands of people that will use them.