Largest Record Collection for Sale

[barrysloate]

I have a big record collection too, but records are made to be played. Wouldn't want to buy one so expensive that I was afraid to play it. They are pretty cheap today, but I bet the supply will dry up. You need first pressings for them to be valuable. I'd rather just enjoy it and not worry about what it's worth.

[packs]

I don't see a huge relation to baseball cards. There are literally millions of Beatles and Rolling Stones etc. in circulation either currently or at one time. It's hard to have a truly rare record from the height of the recording industry, which I'm sure comprises most of his collection.

It also seems foolish to insist that 3,000,000 records be purchased in one lot. Even at a dollar a record, who has the space and time to piece out that kind of collection?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I have a big record collection too, but records are made to be played. Wouldn't want to buy one so expensive that I was afraid to play it. They are pretty cheap today, but I bet the supply will dry up. You need first pressings for them to be valuable. I'd rather just enjoy it and not worry about what it's worth.

My thinking exactly. I only have one that I'm really, really careful about playing - it's probably my favorite, and it's not available except on a 1977 pressing.

[GoldenAge50s]

I have all my 45's I bought while in HS back in the early--late '50's. Kept them all as I did my cards & just about everything I had from that era.

The cards are worth some $$, but not so much the 45's. Elvis, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee on the Sun label---All seem to be plentiful on EBay & cheap!

Some of the picture jackets are worth more than the record!

Guess there are more copies of "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus out there than '56 Topps Mantle's!

[barrysloate]

I would guess the sleeves on the 45's are worth more in many cases than the records themselves.

[GoldenAge50s]

See my 2nd to last sentence above, Barry! LOL!

[Vol]

Can you imagine moving 3 million records?? I moved 3 plastic bins and they weighed about 100 lbs apiece. You would need a semi truck.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by VOLnVEGAS

Can you imagine moving 3 million records?? I moved 3 plastic bins and they weighed about 100 lbs apiece. You would need a semi truck.

Yes, records weigh a ton. If I put 3 million records in my apartment, it would collapse into the basement.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

See my 2nd to last sentence above, Barry! LOL!

I did see it Fred, I was agreeing with you. I know it looked like I missed it. Everybody saved the records but often threw out the sleeves. I remember in 1964 buying a box that held 45's, and I would typically toss the sleeves because they were no longer needed. The box became the protection for the records.