I have a collection of albums and 45's. Does anyone know where I might find a place to check their value for possible selling?
2007-03-30 07:32:05 · 4 answers · asked by Cherry 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
There are whole books and magazines that go into this stuff (the main one is called Goldmine); if you are talking about rare or potentially-rare records you might do some research using that. Even then, their values tend to be overstated and based upon mint condition (which very few records in collections actually are).
For general, mass-produced stuff, the easiest way to find the true current value is to look at recent sales of the same or similar items on eBay.
Keep an eye out for record swap meets in your area, if you spot one go to it look at what others are selling and talk to the sellers (but don't offer to sell them anything right away).
Most of all, don't get your hopes up, most albums and 45 in most of our collections are of fairly low value; selling these onesy-twosey on eBay or garage sales is not really time-effective. Once you are sure you have identified anything rare or collectible, you may find the best route for the rest of it is Goodwill (for the tax writeoff) or your local used record shop.
Good luck.
2007-03-30 07:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The picture sleeves that the 45's came in are usually worth more than the records themselves. Most people just threw them away after they bought the record, That is there 's an actual picture on the sleeve and not just some generic paper sleeve.
Also, the value of your records depends on their physical condition.
2007-03-30 07:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by susandiane311 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can look up the ones you think might be worth something such as the beach boys. But I would say your best bet would be to take them to an auction and have them sell them as a box lot. The auctioneer would be able to give you a value. And will try to get you the best price as he gets a percentage of what he gets as an offer.
2007-03-30 09:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by Shelly t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a bunch of price guides out there that might be able to help you. Here is a link to a search on Amazon.ca.
http://amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/701-9970893-8263567?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=45+price+guide&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
The newest one appears to be from around 2005.
2007-03-30 07:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by forestpirate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋