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


Hi All!

As the title says, I'm downsizing and selling my collection.  I live in Sonoma County, Northern California.

It seems daunting to individually market, pack and ship each item, so is it possible to sell it all at once, even if it's a substantial "loss"...

I would truly appreciate any sage advise.

Here is a list and a link to photos.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B2PG4TcsmGv6nYb

Items noted as "Restored" have gotten a full "frame off" restoration, with appropriate records of each restoration.

2  Concept 16.5 Receiver - Restored 

1 Concept 6.5 For Parts

1 Concept 4.5 For Parts

1 Concept 20 D TurnTable

1 Concept Headphones

1 Concept Cassette Recorder (Not Working)

1 Concept  Pair CE-2 Speaker

1 Concept  Pair CE-2 Speaker For Parts

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1 Marantz 2500 Receiver Restored

1 Marantz 4400 Receiver Restored

1 Marantz 2285 Receiver Restored

1. Marantz 2270 Receiver Wood Case Restored

1 Marantz 2245 Receiver Wood Case Restored

1 Marantz 2230 Receiver Restored

1 Marantz Preamp 3200  Restored

1 Marantz Amplifier Restored

1 Marantz 1122DC (Non Working)

1 Marantz Receiver MR 2200 (Not sure)

2 Marantz DD Turntables 6200  Restored

2 Marantz Belt Turntables 

1 Marantz 3420 Cassette Recorder

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1 McIntosh MX110z Tube Preamp  Restored

1 Pair McIntosh XR5 Speakers

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I Parasound Preamp 2100 

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1 Aiwa  GX 4000D 1/4 in 4 track 2 Channel Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

1 Teac AR 405 1/4 in 4 track 2 Channel Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

1 Tandberg TD-20A 1/4 in 4 track 2 Channel Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

1 Technics 1506US 1/4 in 2 track 2 Channel Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

3 Tascam 32 1/4 in 2 track 2 Channel Reel to Reel Tape Recorders

Speakers

1 pair JBL  L112 Speakers

1 pair JBL  L100 Century Speakers

1 pair JBL  4412 Studio Monitor Speakers

1 pair JBL  L100 Speakers

Just one JBL 4312 Speaker

Just one JB L88 Speaker

JBL Powered Woofer PSW-1200

2 Pairs Klipsch Heresy

1 Pair Infinity Kappa 8

1 Pair Yamaha NS-670

1 pair Wharfedale W70 Speakers 

1 Pair Dahlquist DQ10 Speakers Restored

1 Pair Dahlquist DQ20 Speakers Restored

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Dual 510 Turntable

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ericleehall

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.

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.