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I have around 2000 vinyl records. I have thought of culling them to the group that I actually listen to. I have a pile of dupes in Santa Cruz, too. I have known audiophiles who have upwards of 5000 to 15000 records.

I bought a lot of them in thrifts before vinyl became fashionable again, many for 25 cents to two dollars apiece, but maybe averaging a buck or so. Those days are gone for desirable material, since the thrifts are thoroughly scoured now.

Real fanatic collectors will look at the playable condition, look for scratches etc. and also the deadwax to discern provenance and distance from the original stampers. A lot of that will determine value.

I don't know how many time gomers stuck in the past can listen to 'Dark Side Of The Moon' and actually enjoy it, but they have had serious group shootouts evaluating the pedigrees and quality of the various pressings. I heard a low generation 15 IPS tape from the tape masters of DSOTM on a half million dollar stereo rig, and it blew away any vinyl copy, barely the same experience.

The classic rock records that emanate from Britain always sound better with the British pressings. It's another one of the ways Brits flick boogers at us. Their vinyl pressed over here is generally equalized differently and of poorer playback quality.

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

I have looked a little on Discogs. NY Dolls, Television - who knew?

I do part time help with a hoarder that needs to sell his shit off. When listing a 45 I found an $800 record (estimated) on discogs he had. Don't remember the band. I held up and told the guy what he had. He was listing 100's of 45's for $6. Literally saved the guy what he pays me for 3 months for a couple hours a week.

With selling stuff online or auction pay attention to the little things. Might feel like a waste of time on 99% of items, but you find that gem you can make some good money on stuff you thought was worthless just trying to get a little money out of it.

My youngest that loves music inherited our 70-80s record collection. Don't play them on cheap record players.

RC2006 says

My youngest that loves music inherited our 70-80s record collection. Don't play them on cheap record players.

Not a huge audiophile with digital now, but 100% agree on this. Bad record players are no bueno.