Vinyl Values

[crispynugget]

Clearing some stuff about the house and stumbled upon some classic original vinyl LPs, such as Songs for Swinging Lovers by Sinatra, a Johnny Cash double album of some of his best and a whole bunch more....I have no idea what they are worth and was wondering if anyone had any clue? All in original packaging and 90 percent are in pristine condition, some as far back as 1954!

[joggerjayne]

If they're in good condition ... maybe quite a lot.

There is a HUGE market out there of people who prefer the warm sound of vinyl, and have VERY expensive hi-fi set-ups on which to play their vinyl collection ... but they can't get hold of good quality vinyl any more.

Put them on eBay, emphasize in the write-up that you are aiming for discerning collectors with equipment that will do justice to the quality of the vinyl sound, and say that you will post them in a big padded envelope, with an extra piece of card inside to prevent damage in transit (you can cut a 12" square off the side of a cradboard box for that).

[des1]

Use ebay to search for similar items and compare prices. The all important thing of course is condition and bear in mind that the record may have been re-released several times in some cases so make sure you are comparing with the same item. Be careful, there are a lot of rogues in the record collector business. It might be worth a look on the "Record Collector" magazine website, they might have a guide on there but I haven`t been on there for yonks! Good Luck.

[woofgang]

(laughing) gosh as old as 1954...that's prehistoric....I was born in 1953

[crispynugget]

thanks very much for the answers, I have been on ebay and searched for similiar but to no avail, all the ones i can find have been re-released versions, but as they are so old I would assume all of the ones on ebay have been snapped up quick. I'll keep looking, cheers again

[MarkRae]

I'm sorry to tell you that, unless the albums are incredibly rare, they'll be worth next to nothing. The Sinatra one you mentioned is currently being auctioned on eBay - with just over 10 minutes to go, there are no bids and the starting price is 99p:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...f87398b#ht_500wt_1154

There are certainly some people who collect vinyl, but more for its own sake than the quality of the sound. I have the above album on vinyl in pretty good condition, but the remastered CD version released a couple of years ago walks all over the vinyl original in terms of warmth and quality of sound - just wonderful!

eBay can sometimes be a bit deceptive because often people auction their stuff there with very little notion of how much it's really worth, and unscrupulous dealers and collectors can make a killing.

Best idea is to Google the album's catalogue numbers...

[MarkRae]

The eBay auction has just ended - no bids recorded.

Draw your own conclusions...