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How and where to record OLD
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Have your studying ABCs lately – that’s attics, basements and closets? They could yield up some extra money and free up some valuable space in your home for other uses. LPs (long-playing 10 and 12 inch discs playing at 33 1 / 3 revolutions per minute), 78s (easily breakable discs, playing at 78 revolutions per minute with one tune on each side) and 45s (7 inch discs playing at 45 revolutions per minute) can be valuable.
Record collecting as a hobby is to grow just after, many other collectibles prominently featured in antique shops and the media. It is not an expensive hobby to create, but removing them can be expensive in many ways.
How can you tell VALUE
Many people think that just because a record is old, that it has great value. Very few records of any real value to collectors or dealers. Value is based on a combination of three factors –
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(1) supply and demand. How available is the balance? If millions were sold, initially it is likely that many of them appear in secondhand shops, record stores and used in many homes. The scarcity factor must be present. There must be a demand for this record because of the individual artists (such as a great talent who died young, and before they make in the situation, many plates), the label on which it was recorded (the original recording in contrast to a “new edition”) or a curiosity about the record (eg a V-Disc, recording times of war or government-Aircheck by a radio station, an original picture disc, or taken a 10-inch LP). The shortage can also be a factor if a record is “out-of-influenced print” (no longer decrease available from the manufacturer) and thus the security of supply. “Produced Bootlegs” (records illegally from live concerts or broadcasts) are also valuable for collectors.
(2) state of the record. Those who will surface noise and scratches little or no value. If it is in “MINT” condition (perfect) or “near mint” condition is the highest possible value. A record in “very good” condition should be at no loss of sound or distorted sound quality. “Good” means it may have some shortcomings, but can be enjoyed easily. “Fair” means, can play it, but obviously have solid impairment and reduce your enjoyment and the value of the record. Some dealers may have a slightly different grading scale.
(3) content of the recording. There are generally more interested in music than in spoken word or comedy records and the value it would be greater. to bring certain types of music recordings high prices. Jazz tilt, original Broadway cast and movie soundtracks to offer an active market and greater value. Even early rhythm and blues records and the doowop sound are also highly valued and collectible. Among the classic records of the most valuable are orchestral performances, then solo instruments, chamber music and solo concerts, and vocal and operatic arias and finally complete operas. For some collectors, whether a record is concerned, the mono or stereo value. Recently began the development of a market for rock records of early vintage, especially those of deceased cult figures such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Even brisk trading now takes place among collectors of 45s, especially among the 1950s rhythm and blues and early rock artists. Great interest has, in rare and unusual (foreign matters, etc.) in Elvis and the Beatles. However, most of their plates of little value because so many were produced without distinguishing features. In other words, they were all equal.
Who buys your records?
Records of collectors to buy, mail order dealers, record shops and the general public are used, sometimes on a nostalgic impulse or because of a favorite artist. For truly rare records the best prices from dealers who know the market and how much they will resell them. Collectors are emotional and sometimes fanatical collecting their specialties. You can pay top prices for particular characteristics. It is unusual, top-dollar for a rare record from the “general public”, where only the performance value is recognized, not the resale or trade value. for conscientious research and knowledge on the music industry and its artists is required to determine the value of a particular recording. It may be possible to determine a value for a “rare” record once you found that it’s really rare to have.
What will they PAY?
Most of the records which can not “rare” bring only pennies – 25 cents to one dollar – by dealers. The “general public” may pay $ 1 or $ 2 Rare records can bring from $ 25 to thousands. There are a number of price guides published, but values are generally highly inflated or based on an isolated sale. Obviously, collectors and dealers want to read that records can yield high prices. Remember, value rests in the mind of the buyer.
HOW DO YOU find buyers?
A buyer for each entry that you want to sell there is probably somewhere in the world. How do you find that person is a big problem. It is not for people to discover old records in their homes and go to many dollars (far more than any recording spend e) and countless hours in pursuit of a buyer’s unusual. It can be very frustrating and sometimes obsessive. Expectations almost always more than reality.
Records can be sold through advertising – in local classifieds or collectors’ publications that used the sale to local record stores, sold sell at flea markets or bazaars, or by promoting a garage. Start with the cataloging of records. List of artists, the title of the Vinyl, LP, 45 or 78, the record catalog number and its state. Take the list to a record librarian and a few used record stores for offers and indications of rarity. Talk to friends and coworkers.
Selling means prospective visits your home. Or, you may have to pack the cart and the records in a transaction for a price quote and no sale. Transport damage can worthless. Out-of-town prospects requires mail-correspondence, packaging, insurance, Go-Kart refuse to post, postage and handling by the buyer can COD to accept after receipt.
© 2007 Howard E. Fischer
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