Records
I always look for record collections at yard sales. If albums are in very fine to mint conditions, I'm in. Most of the time they have them priced at a buck apiece, I offer to buy them all for half of that and they are more than happy to unload them all at once.
Yesterday I was at an Amish yard sale. Spotted a stack, so I looked them over. All were near mint and they were a buck each. 90 albums and they were trilled to dump all of them for $45.
About half of them were promotional LPs from the early 80s. Looking on sold ones on EBay, the ones I bought sell for a low of $3 up to $40, nice score. There were 5 Columbia ones made for Ford Motor company. Only one side had groves and titles like Number 1 Van in the land, 1967 Introduction and The Six Life of a Car Salesman. Didn't find any sold ones on EBay, but asking prices like $29 to $79 for single ones. Those 5 more than paid for the whole collection.
The local Amish here buy up estates and sell at auctions and yard sales. I don't think they bought them to listen to The Romantics and Culture Club, but who knows?
bbernardini
(9,994 posts)Well done!
safeinOhio
(34,322 posts)Most say "Not for Resale".
Vinca
(51,235 posts)for sale that looked quite familiar to me and I asked where he got it. From my booth! LOL. That was a first. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything I wanted to buy. Good find on the records. A always look at them, but with one exception I've never found anything too terribly valuable. I can sell a few artists really quickly for a few bucks and I always get those, but no Beatles butcher covers yet.
safeinOhio
(34,322 posts)I paid $75 for it. All in mint condition. EBay prices ranged from $2 to $25. Put them in a big box and had $3.50 each on them. After a year I only had 4 left over. I was thrilled with the profit and am sure that some of the buyers were too. The price on new vinyl is crazy.