Estate Sales

It's a great way to build your Pat Boone collection.

You have to realize, we as an estate sale providers, have to deal with a household full of items of all sorts of value and records, mid-fi stereo gear are not a big priority. Record buyers and book buyers are very minor contributors to the success of a sale. Jewelry. silver, coins, paintings, collectibles, knives, guns & ammo, furniture, cooking gear, yard tools, hand tools, power tools, cars, boats, campers, etc. are all more popular and lucrative.

Depends where you live.  College towns are better than farming towns for records.  Most sales are listed either in the newspaper or Craigslist.  I find lots of great records at estate sales in my town.  You have to get there early these days though!

I'm gonna give you all a little pearl..

Storage companies, like Mayflower, Global, you know the ones with TS facilities. Have TONS of LPs stashed in the little cubes, THEY rent then they are loose the "BOX" the owners of the TS (temporary storage), ALWAYS gets first shot at the goods. It's really not like on TV, the owner gets the first shot, believe me....NOT the bidders.

In Martinez Ca, I saw 5, cubes full of LP, there were twice that, NOT being sold. 1000 record lots... 50,000 sold right in front of me..for 10K

Try moving that many LPs.. pretty funny to watch, old fogies movin' and a huffin' and puffin'

Regards

It really all depends on the company and how they sell , I personally have found that it's a lot easier to find records of the public then it is to buy them from major estate companies. I personally sell record at my sale depending on the record if the stuff Is just ok I sell them dirt cheap . So go out there and hunt any questions don't hesitate to ask.
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