best place to sell cd/record collection
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Sort of the same thing, ish, but I've a collection of around 200 first day covers I collected when I was at school. 30 years again they would have been worth £5 to £10 each (so say at least a £1000). Last time i looked on ebay, people were selling them for pennies. 200 for £50 or something. So I kept them. Option b would have been to set fire to them rather then give them away for a pittance.
That's the thing with ebay, it's f
ked collectables.
That's the thing with ebay, it's f
ked collectables.It depends entirely where in the UK you're based. It also depends massively on the quality of your collection, both physical condition and how sought after the things you have are.
Generally speaking you have three options, sell the whole lot to an independent music store, who would likely be more interested in the vinyl unless your cd collection contains a lot of rare titles or sought after artists.
The second is do some research on eBay values (an average of recent sales for items in the same condition), check the fees you'll pay and sell any you feel are worthwhile shifting via eBay. Then sell the remainder of the vinyl and CDs in two individual bulk lots which will likely be purchased by someone hopeful of trading them on.
The third is decide what you'd like for them and pop up a classified advert in a few places and hope for someone to take them off your hands.
I bought roughly 1000 CDs at the back end of last year and have since moved them on using option 2. The popularity of CDs isn't great and after a month I'd sold about 600 for prices from £3 - £45. But once I'd sold the final 400 in a single lot after costs I'd only actually made less than £1 per album which isn't a huge return on what was a lot of work.
Generally speaking you have three options, sell the whole lot to an independent music store, who would likely be more interested in the vinyl unless your cd collection contains a lot of rare titles or sought after artists.
The second is do some research on eBay values (an average of recent sales for items in the same condition), check the fees you'll pay and sell any you feel are worthwhile shifting via eBay. Then sell the remainder of the vinyl and CDs in two individual bulk lots which will likely be purchased by someone hopeful of trading them on.
The third is decide what you'd like for them and pop up a classified advert in a few places and hope for someone to take them off your hands.
I bought roughly 1000 CDs at the back end of last year and have since moved them on using option 2. The popularity of CDs isn't great and after a month I'd sold about 600 for prices from £3 - £45. But once I'd sold the final 400 in a single lot after costs I'd only actually made less than £1 per album which isn't a huge return on what was a lot of work.
I am currently cataloguing my vinyl collection on Discogs. I am about a third of the way through and already have an indicated median value of about £3500, which is encouraging.
Of course making a list is one thing and selling another, but there have been some real surprises regarding value, especially among my old mono albums from the sixties of people like Cream, Hendrix, John Mayall, etc. I was always pretty aware of where the musical direction lay, and got in with some early purchases that are worth serious money today. Some of the classical and jazz albums have raised my eyebrows as well.
There is quite a lot of work poring over matrix numbers and evaluating quality, so I suspect that when you get to the selling stage you are going to be dealing with the 'nerds', and as a beginner it feels a bit daunting.
Of course making a list is one thing and selling another, but there have been some real surprises regarding value, especially among my old mono albums from the sixties of people like Cream, Hendrix, John Mayall, etc. I was always pretty aware of where the musical direction lay, and got in with some early purchases that are worth serious money today. Some of the classical and jazz albums have raised my eyebrows as well.
There is quite a lot of work poring over matrix numbers and evaluating quality, so I suspect that when you get to the selling stage you are going to be dealing with the 'nerds', and as a beginner it feels a bit daunting.
For CD's the best best is Music Magpie unless there's anything super rare you know of in there. Always worth checking the titles against Discogs too to see if any have any value - if a title scans through at a £2-3 offer on Music Magpie then it's worth double-checking on Discogs.
For LP's you can try and get rid of them in bulk at a dealer or secondhand shop, but you won't get much unless it's all super rare stuff. Alternatively sell them one-by-one on Discogs, although there's no guarantee they'll sell and you'll have to manage orders and posting yourself. The fees can add up too, especially if selling to the USA where they sting you for VAT.
For LP's you can try and get rid of them in bulk at a dealer or secondhand shop, but you won't get much unless it's all super rare stuff. Alternatively sell them one-by-one on Discogs, although there's no guarantee they'll sell and you'll have to manage orders and posting yourself. The fees can add up too, especially if selling to the USA where they sting you for VAT.
There is a record and cd shop in Sheffield that are always on the hunt.
https://www.recordcollectorsheffield.com/
https://www.recordcollectorsheffield.com/
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