I'm Retiring to a Trailer, and I have a LOT of vintage equipment. What to do?

I'd try to connect with a local-ish vintage audio shop and just make a package deal with them, if you can.  Are there any such businesses any where within a few hours of where you live?

TMR or possibly Echo in Portland …. 

The sentiment I get here (and on a couple other fora) is that TMR is preferred over Sky-Fi, but both buy equipment and resell. The issue is whether they want to cherry pick. My impression is that the younger generation likes the old Marantz (Superscope era) receivers--to me, not "real" Marantz but I remember the gear from back in the day. You have at least those two options- but you'd want them to take everything-, right?

Any quality 1/2 track 1/4" 15 ips reel to reel decks? Those can fetch some money if properly restored. Otherwise, a big black hole. Good luck, hope you can get out from under painlessly. 

Hey, @tomic601 nice to see ya!

Good luck. 

I’m a fan of TMR but I wonder if Sky-Fi  might be a better choice for vintage equipment?

I would love to buy a Marantz case. 

Here is my suggestion. Find/ask a young audiophile to handle it one by one, for let’s say a 25% fee. Otherwise you would sure lose 70 cents on the dollar. 

Another suggestion: get in touch with the guys at https://alleliteaudio.com/ they might have a better idea

There are 7 Reel to Reels in the listing.

Good luck, piecing that out will take a person well past their retirement lol. 
Small bundles at best offer I’d think. 
Cheers
 

Sadly most of this equipment will get very little  vs what you would think that it’s worth , 

@whart ya man - good to see you here also. Our love of a certain vintage intersection….

You might qualify as an “audio horder!”

I don’t see the DQ20’s in there (or the 10’s)….I used to have 10’s, the 20’s intrigued me. 

There was not enough room for the Dahlquists or a set of JBL L150 towers, tht are both still in service in other rooms.

While TMR is a great place, they don't take everything. Many things they will not take. They do consignment though.

If possible, and at a price concession, you need to find someone who'll take it all. That way you can box it all up in a crate(s) and ship on a pallet

You might contact Curt Palmer who owns Reel to Reel Tech.  I think he is always looking for restorable Reel to Reel Decks and he is a fantastic guy to deal with.  

https://reeltoreeltech.com

You're going to have to rent a storage unit. The big stuff, like those 10" r-r deck, Klipsh speakers, etc. are difficult to ship. Use the Craigslist or Nextdoor websites to list them locally. There's always eBay but they charge a lot when you sell, and with all the competition, you won't get near top dollar.

Of course there's, Audiogon. Also Reverb for studio applicable gear like the JBL L112 and L100 and the RpR decks.

Or - see if you can do a consignment deal with a stereo shop: Here;s a list you can start with:
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=hifi&find_loc=Sonoma%2C+CA

@misc-audio in my part of the country (Ohio) we have online auction services like auctionohio.com and they often have a lot of vintage equipment for sale.  I am sure that in your part of the country they would have similar services.  When these auctions go up they are sometimes for up to 30 days, and then the company handles the payments (the sale prices all get adjusted as well so that the buyers pay the auction fees), coordinates the buyers coming and picking up, etc.  Then it is cleared out pretty quickly.  Of course some stuff remains unsold I suppose and then other decisions would have to be made.  Something to consider.  

If you have kids, see if they want it. Then you can visit.  I think of downsizing and get depressed.  Hope I die before I get [really] old.

I'd have a series of vintage hi-fi rummage sales on Saturday mornings posting on Craigslist with those photos. You will be swarmed. 

Sadly, vintage gear is now on the decline, 2 years ago this was a gold mine, now not so much. Sadly most of your gear does not appear to be well kept. They all look like they need a little love. Plus now shipping is getting stupid expensive, so most things will be sold locally.

What do you want from it? A quick sale? Most $$ you can? Little involvement/ very involved? 

Personally you have a few Marantz pieces that are nice, but not sure I want to ship them. 

You'll be pleased to know that a damp cloth was applied to each item.  

Surprisingly, it did not affect the sound or function.

Wow!  What a collection!  I've owned quite a few components from your list over the years.  Sell it all right here!  Audiogon has their own store with like minded equipment!  Good luck!  I will state that once gone, you will miss them!

@ericleehall  Contact support@audiogon.com and we can help you sell your gear. 

Sold it all, in two days..  via Facebook Marketplace..

WOW, That's great news.  Congrats.  

Did you sell it to one buyer?

Yes, all to one buyer and he came in a van and picked it all up!

wow. I bet he is having a lot of fun now with all that great gear!

Wow.  I guess there’s hope for those of us worried about our heirs getting stuck with our stuff

Wonder how long it will be, before we see half of this stuff relisted at 2-3x the price paid?

That's great!  A happy ending to quite the adventure!!

I think the new owner should have no problem making his money back if he is so inclined. 
Pack must’ve got 50 messages just on the Marantz 2500 alone!

I placed an ad locally a while back on many pieces of gear, and I was contacted by a reseller, who came and took much away. I shortly after saw some of his ads listing my stuff, for way more than he paid me. I knew this would be, and it was fine. I was glad to make the room. In fact, I am making another list locally, as it is time once again to lighten the load. 

TMR.  They will. take it all through buying or consignment 

I don’t know if anyone else wrote this, but the collection is certainly worth a reseller sending or coming with a truck. So your scope is pretty good on this in terms of finding neighboring state dealers. The hard part is finding that dealer, but that really is just a little internet searching starting in your state, then Branch out to the big names in vintage audio two states away...and so on. I think it's completely possible that you could solve this problem in a couple of days with a few well placed phone calls.

Somebody will bring that truck. Christ, if I were anywhere near you I’d love to cherry pick a few things.

Like my wife would want me to walk through the door with one more thing..

Resist idiots like me taking all the good stuff and find that dealer. Two days on the phone will get you that. It’s worth it.

Congratulations on selling your gear.  I’m 73 and have been selling off my collection in pieces where I’m down to 2 systems.  What I found interesting was your love of things JBL.  In 1990’s and first decade of 2000, I had a side hustle with a friend going to garage sales in Sarasota, FL area and then reselling on EBay.  If I found something I loved, I kept and enjoyed until something else caught my fancy.  Since Sarasota is fairly affluent and everyone and their brother was moving there during that time period I went through about 35 pairs of speakers, the bulk being vintage JBLs.  One pair I owned that I did not notice in your list and really wish I had kept, were a pair of JBL Aquarius IV S109s.  One upward firing woofer and a tweeter that fired into a diffraction plate in the rear.  I called them my "Bose Killers".  I spent 3 weeks refinishing with the help of a custom furniture building friend and a fellow who did my refoaming.  They were amazing.

Well I'm sure your ad here worked wonders for you. 

Where I live, we had some really good technicians that bought up vintage equipment and did restorations. Even things like Edison cylinder machines, art deco radio consoles, early idler drive turntables, essentially anything that presented itself as a good project. If equipment wasn’t working, they also purchased that so they could salvage the parts. I’m just mentioning this in case you have some things that didn’t sell as easily as the prime stuff.