Records and boot sale?

RaiderHammer

Planning a car boot sale to get rid of my old vinyl records amongst other stuff.

Someone said be careful some may be worth more than you think. Since then I have stumbled across some of the early Now lps are worth a bit more.

Any ideas on what sort of record is worth what?

How much would a lp or single vinyl record likely to see for at a boot sale?

Or is it better to try and sell on EBay?

Thanks for your help.

monty-doggy

Have a look at completed listings on eBay, that should give you some idea. Also there is a company called music magpie. You type in a barcode and they offer you next to nothing for it. They average album gets you about 30p but if you have a rare one it should jump up. Whatever they offer you, you can bet you'd get four or five times at least on a car boot!

Contains_Mild_Peril

"Now That's What I Call Music"" LPs are not worth any serious money at all (about £1 max) but the early Now CDs are worth much more. Typical prices for vinyl at my local boot sales are 50p-£1 each for LPs and 10p for singles, though of course rarities can sell for more. Few are worth selling on eBay because of the postage costs.

FlyingDutchman

I've been collecting Madonna records/tapes/CDs/memorabilia for longer than I care to remember, and would recommend getting your collection evaluated before you consider selling it.

It can be difficult to judge sometimes what is worth more:single or LP. It depends on the artist, how many were pressed, and where. You could check here, signing up for the free 24 hour trial.

Ebay is an option, so is listing in Record Collector, who have been going for a long time and I can personally recommend.

IF you are set on a bootfair, then invariably the records would sell at a similar price to charity shops: £1 for an LP, 50p for a single.

Hope this helps.

RaiderHammer

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote: »

"Now That's What I Call Music"" LPs are not worth any serious money at all (about £1 max) but the early Now CDs are worth much more. Typical prices for vinyl at my local boot sales are 50p-£1 each for LPs and 10p for singles, though of course rarities can sell for more. Few are worth selling on eBay because of the postage costs.

Thanks I heard differently, there was a programme on TV a week or so ago that indicated there is some value on the early Now records. Also some on eBay seem to be going for (what I would call) stupid money.

soolin

Every time I do a car boot I am aske dif I have any records. So two boots ago I took a pile- and no one wanted them, I think I sold one early Elvis compilation and a Buddy Holly for £1 each. Oh, and a few classicals ones at 3 for £1.

Mine we mainly old ones though from my late father, so early Rock and Roll, classical easy listening etc. I tried one more car boot and sold none at all of the ones I had left so that batch has now gone to a charity shop and I'll drag another batch out of storage.

What amazes me is that you can't even give a 78 away, my local charity shops didn't want them and I ended up taking them to a specialist vintage charity shop about 50 miles away who say they can occasionally sell a few.

Contains_Mild_Peril

RaiderHammer wrote: »

Thanks I heard differently, there was a programme on TV a week or so ago that indicated there is some value on the early Now records. Also some on eBay seem to be going for (what I would call) stupid money.

Just looked on eBay and I stand corrected. This is a very recent trend, which I'll try to cash in on while it lasts.

RaiderHammer

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote: »

Just looked on eBay and I stand corrected. This is a very recent trend, which I'll try to cash in on while it lasts.

That's my plan too! Hope there's someone out there that will pay us stupid money!

Goldiegirl

I have managed to sell my 7 inch singles on eBay, but I only sold the rarer, more interesting ones individually, I got about £6.00 each for the most desirable records.

The rest I put into lots of between 50 to 70 records, and put each lot on eBay. I got between £15 and £40 for each lot. Some record dealers did buy some of the lots, so good luck to them if they make a profit, I just didn't have time to sell each record separately.

I'm now intending to start on my albums, and NOW really is the word, as I have all the Now That's What I Call Music albums on vinyl from the start to about 1988. There certainly does seem to be an upsurge of interest.

After 1988, I got the Now's on CD until about the early 2000's. At that point, I realised that I only knew about 2 or 3 of the songs on each album, so it seemed time to stop.

The Now CD's were amongst the first things I sold when I joined Ebay, and got varying prices for them, anything from 99p to £10

montyrebel

If the artist is still alive wait until they die and then ebay it, may sound harsh but really pushed the prices up, got near £30 for a Michael Jackson one when he snuffed it, cant remember which one though

prowla

Some albums can be worth a load of money and others nothing at all.
Obscure albums and original pressings are the ones that tend to have value.
I once bought an album for £15 at a car boot and sold it for £450 on ebay (sadly I've only managed that the once though...).
It is quite important to show that they have been taken care of.