Chalupa Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) That works out to $1.88 per http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ME:B:SS:US:1123 and the seller throws in a VPI record cleaner too! Edited January 21, 2008 by J.H. Deeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 For that price it would have to include the Buddy Bolden cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I bet you could get it for less, cash in hand. Now, if I were in U.S. I'd quit for a couple of years my actual job and I'd start a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Those photos remind me of what my apartment used to look like before I sold 18,000 LPs. I still have a couple of thousand 45s, but they are neatly stored out of sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Do these massive lot sales every get purchased on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Do these massive lot sales every get purchased on eBay? That's what I've always wondered. Someone starts a thread about some ridiculously high-priced "turn key" record business but I never follow up to see how they turn out. My guess is they don't - I don't think a lot of the normal-size record lots sell, but finding someone with $80,000 to spend, and in such a short period of time, seems unlikely. Kinda surprised that he didn't use the "Make me an offer" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Those photos remind me of what my apartment used to look like before I sold 18,000 LPs. I still have a couple of thousand 45s, but they are neatly stored out of sight. 18,000??? Holy smokes! Were your floors reinforced?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Of the 150,000 records, "only" 20-30,000 of them are LP's. More than half are 45s, and another 30K are 78s. I know the market for 78s isn't all that great. Is the market for 45s any better? I'd like to see: "Here's a real treat – my "Odd-itorium" photo gallery, featuring strange, unusual, unique, "awful" and very cool records and record covers, sorted into more than 60 categories! Includes many great jazz LPs and wonderfully odd Christian LPs. So far there are about 2300 LPs posted on the site. As far as I know, this site features the largest and most diverse collection of this genre anywhere! This is an increasingly-popular genre. Just do some searching on the Internet and you'll see! Included in this sale are the records and the gallery itself. Please contact me through the link below for further details." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 If the collection is as great as the guy claims, $80K would be a great price, especially if you live nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 That works out to $1.88 per http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ME:B:SS:US:1123 and the seller throws in a VPI record cleaner too! Hard to believe your math hasn't been corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 That works out to $1.88 per $.53(.3333) per. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 That works out to $1.88 per $.53(.3333) per. A great deal just got even better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 At the very least, the guy should have taken the time to list each record by title and personnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I live in Texas..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vajerzy Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 What a nightmare that is.....when I last moved- friends didn't bitch about the furniture they had to lift- it was the boxes of LPs I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I can't see this selling for more than $15K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'd be surprised if one couldn't make a great profit on $80K, though. But that would take a serious investment in time as well. I'd take his 2,000 jazz LPs for $2 a disc and do some work with that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 A friend of mine tried to sell 10,000 jazz CDs on ebay, by twenty five per week. He developed several loyal buyers, one of whom finally contacted him and offered him $45,000 for remainder of the entire collection. So there are some people with the cash to buy these large collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 A friend of mine tried to sell 10,000 jazz CDs on ebay, by twenty five per week. He developed several loyal buyers, one of whom finally contacted him and offered him $45,000 for remainder of the entire collection. So there are some people with the cash to buy these large collections. After the today news coming from Stock Exchanges worldwide I am starting to think that old records could be a better short term investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 The owner of the now-defunct record store I worked at once remarked when asked by a stock broker customer about his investments, "the only stocks I buy are 12" vinyl." :rsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybleaden Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 That works out to $1.88 per $.53(.3333) per. A great deal just got even better! Especially when you think how low the dollar is against the £...you know he would actually have to pay us to take it off of him ....and bring it over the pond ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 25,000 to 30,000 78s, many of them shellac, would weigh as much as a cement-mixer, and take weeks to pack securely enough to transport. And then you'd have to figure out what to do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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