Selling Vinyl
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Original Poster:

284 posts

225 months

Sunday 25th January
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I have lots of albums that i want to sell, some i guess are worth a small fortune ie lots of Beatles albums...... Can anyone recommend where would be the best places to get them valued and sell them TIA.

fridaypassion

11,006 posts

249 months

Sunday 25th January
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Discogs?

maccboy

755 posts

159 months

Sunday 25th January
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fridaypassion said:
Discogs?
What he said.

P700DEE

1,180 posts

251 months

Sunday 25th January
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Valuation , the best place to start is as quoted Discogs. Selling is a different issue. Do you know how to grade your albums? Once you have found out which of the hundreds of versions of Beatles album you have you then need to be able to determine how close is the vinyl and cover to the day it came off the press it is? This has a massive effect on "value". If you can evaluate and use the "for sale" offers on Discogs to get a good idea of true value you can then sell. I've never sold on Discogs and would usually go ebay. Alternatively equiped with your valuation you could consider your local record dealer/shop. Expect to get about 50% of real value or 75% as exchange. Sounds awful but avoids the hassle of selling , shipping etc.

balise

2,169 posts

231 months

Sunday 25th January
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This guy buys collections around London.

https://linktr.ee/brighterdayvinyl

Arkose

3,602 posts

174 months

Monday 26th January
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Unless they are a rare press or demo Beatles records are unlikely to be worth £££

but yes, discogs, download the app and search for the specific pressing edition, you can even scan barcodes if they have them!

Chubbyross

4,818 posts

106 months

Tuesday
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Arkose said:
Unless they are a rare press or demo Beatles records are unlikely to be worth £££

but yes, discogs, download the app and search for the specific pressing edition, you can even scan barcodes if they have them!
Yes, that's the thing with albums from the era of The Beatles and into the '70s: they sold in their millions, not at all like physical music these days. I have a few original Beatles albums I inherited from my parents. They're not valuable at all, sadly. If they're rarities then, yes, they may be worth a quid or two, but a standard album bought from Woolworths will be worth little.