Advise needed wanting to sell old Vinyl records?

charity shops have no idea on pricing anything by the Beatles or Elvis they think is valuable when in reality it usually isn’t but then they undersell other stuff. For example picked up a wedding present album Watusi for 6 quid after break in lockdown when it’s worth 10 times that.

 

Sound Iis fuller and less compressed imo. Much better than streaming and financially due to crash in value purchasing CDs is wasted money.

 

I would recommend Discogs, great site/app

 

For me its having a physical item, the sleeves, notes etc

I only buy vinyl and own nearly 1,000 records and I absolutely love my collection

 

I took the hard decision to sell my LP collection some years ago. I took them to a dealer in Henley on Thames and he looked them over while I went for a walk. Something in the region of 140 LPs and he gave me £120. He probably sold a few of them on to recoup that and the rest was profit.

Like my large book collection, and then CD collection, they just had to go. There comes a point where it’s not worth gathering dust on them any more. I sort of regret selling some of the records that I bought as a teenager and have lugged around this country and beyond for decades, but it had to be done.

 

Very jealous of your nearly 1,000. I’m on 250 and already feel that i’m running out of space.

 

i got to about 2000 Lps and slightly more singles then the missis made me start operating a one in one out policy but I have bent the rules and ditch a cd every time I buy vinyl

 

It's great they've come back into fashion, eldest kid loves her records. Something about taking a record out it's sleeve and trying not to scratch it with the needle!

 

How do you play it then?

 

I had Berlin by Lou Reed with side A on both sides from a shop in Wakefield. Took it back - sometimes wonder if I gave away a fortune.

The B side was just as depressing as the A side by the way, which took some doing.

 

Make a price up and stick em on ebay

 

I believe Oxfam have people researching the vinyl they get donated to ensure they are getting market value when they sell. Away from charity shops, I was in that new shop at the bottom of New Street a couple of weeks ago browsing the vinyl, and didn’t see many bargains!!

 

Me and Laura left the vinyl down when we moved house I was going to roll it up and try selling it but it ripped when we moved the fridge freezer.

 

Check your fridge. Sounds a bit heavy to me. You might have Johnson hiding in there.

 

They are very hit and miss. Still plenty of bargains to be had particularly around jazz . I’ve had some great blue Note stuff from Chazzers. and some indie stuff is still cheap. They always overprice the Beatles and Elvis though.

 

If you've room hang on to them and buy a copy of 'Record Collector' where you can check if you have any hidden gems. I lent a vinyl copy of 'Area Code 615' and never got it back. When I checked 10 years ago they were fetching £100. I had to settle for buying a s/h cd for £30 as they both went out of issue in 1990s.

 

Someone on Fleabay was asking 500 quid for Style council coloured vinyl album that I bought for 30 quid a few days earlier.

 

Just over 3,000 LPs and 1600 singles plus a few box sets, 12” singles & picture discs, played on an ok system CDs probably sound better but on a decent hifi with good speakers vinyl is the only way, it sounds like the artist is in the room with you.

I echo what people say about Discogs, there’s also the Rare Records Price Guide (RRPG) available from Record Collector magazine. Top prices are only paid if the record and sleeve are in very good condition, the Discogs site has a grading guide so you can assess the worth.

My advice - don’t sell them, buy a decent hifi and give your ears a treat.

 

I know someone who rented a shop for 3 months to sell his vinyl collection, he had a lot of vinyl . He sent some to an auction in Holland , don’t know what it was called but he got quite a lot for some of his rarer stuff . I suppose you need to speak to someone who knows what’s worth a few Bob and what isn’t

 

If it's near mint / ex at least £20 if UK pressing

Even nice reissues make a tenner.