Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops. Sent too early by mistake. Boy George and Culture Club). There is also a market for jazz pressings. There isn't as big a market for classical, and some things cannot be given away, like old Zamphir, Laurence Welk, etc. records. Other than flogging them individually or in small lots on eBay, I'd suggest a yard sale, but this too is likely to yield small returns. As with anything else, if you haven't got a good idea of the value of what you are selling, you are pretty much at the mercy of the buyer. Of course, a lot of us have found those yard sale bargain used cameras for just that reason. Mark On 1/22/06, Mark Langer <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> wrote: > > I really don't know. You could find out who the serious dealers in vinyl > are locally and see if they are interested in your collection, but they are > unlikely to offer you a large amount of money for it. Most vinyl fans are > interested in rock music, and the kinds of things that have the broadest > interest are the things that I have the least interest in (like early Boy > George and c > > On 1/21/06, Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > > Mark or someone help me. I had a few hundred LPs and dozens of old > > classical > > 78s. Then my immdeiate past wife and I inherited from a very dear friend > > and > > client of mine much of the contents of her home, including probably > > 1500-2000 LP and 78 records. Former wife wanted to give them to the junk > > dealer who offered to cart them away at no cost. I said no. Former wife > > said, ok you pay to have them packed and shipped upt to Saratoga > > Springs. Ok > > says I and did. > > > > Now, how do I find a serious buyer for anything other than peanuts, > > except > > by indexing and selling one-by-one on eBay? > > > > Seth > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Langer" <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" < lug@leica-users.org> > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 3:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] The "impending doom" of film > > > > > > I held onto my collection of LPs when everyone assured me that they had > > gone > > the way of the dodo. Now there is all sorts of equipment made for > > "vinyl", > > vinyl snobs abound, and there are even manufacturers of high end > > components > > for LPs, some using tube amps based on 1950s technology. My view is > > that we > > are headed that way with film. Analog is king! > > > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >