Mayflower2020

Thank you so much. I have been going through them and adding them to the discogs database, but its been time consuming because more than half of the 78s weren't in the database at all and I have to find other sources to add information. The ones that I can find, don't seem be rare. $2-10 range. I assume with the condition that these would be in upper half of that range, but I also don't want to sit on them for years holding out for an extra few hundred dollars. I just don't want to miss any glaring errors. The guy who came to look at them said that he wasn't in a position financially to make an offer on them as a whole but I will look into other dealers to see. The 78s look loved, but most of the LP's look like they have never been played. I wish there was a way I could add images here. I will update the discogs list once I have it complete (probably next week at some point, the way my week is). I know that most of the rare albums are Blues, Jazz, early Rock n Roll. I don't think any of that is here. But the condition of the records is what is blowing my mind.

I haven't even finished sorting or uploading them all into discogs. There are Shellac 10 inch LP's from 1902-1940. Some are in Swedish, and some in English. Fox Trot, Piano, Orchestra, Etc. Then there are about 175+ LP's from the 50s. (207 Vinyl and Shellac Records without sleeves) A lot of Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops, Jackie Gleason, Hollywood Bowl Symphony, and about 75 random names I am not familiar with. The LP's from the 50' look like most of them have never been played and were just taken out of their sleeves for the first time this week. I have enver seen anything like it. They are all archived in green paper folders with labels on them and have been stored perfectly for the past 60+ years. Most are Near Mint to Mint. There are also the "Collectible" Box Sets that are in great shape but don't have much value outside of Nostalgia. And finally about over 200 Records with Sleaves from the 1950-1975 (ish) that I haven't begun to sort through these ones yet as I assume they are the least valuable (but I am not an expert and honestly have no idea what could be in those boxes.) I haven't found any of those Jazz Labels yet. These are the Labels I have cataloged so far. 20th Fox A&M Abbott ABC Paramount Audio Fidelity Basic Library of the Worlds Greatest Music? Capitol Capitol Columbia Decca Dot Epic Imperial Juilee KAPP London MAM Mercury MGM National Music Lovers Inc. New York Pathe RCA RCA Camden RCA Victor Scandanavia Tiffany Records Victor Victrola Vik Warner Brothers

When my grandfather passed away a few years ago I was offered his record collection. I didn't have interest in the music he had stored away so I left it to anyone else in the family who may have wanted it. All of his children passed on it, as well as my cousins. When I was offered it a second time, my son had just been born. So I declined to either take it or to sell it in my ebay store as my wife and I were slowing down our sales with our new, more enjoyable hobby of caring for our infant son. So it was up to my mother to sell them. I helped her search a few of the titles and they didn't seem to me to be worth all that much. So she listed them on craigslist and the facebook marketplace about two weeks ago and got a message from a local collector who asked if he and his wife could come look through them. They went over to my parents that afternoon and spent an hour flipping through the records, staring at the collection. Their eyes were wide and they kept handing records back and forth saying "Look at this one, ooh look at this one." Finally the man told my mother that she needed to take down her posts and find a reputable record dealer to assess the collection. He told her that he couldn't offer her money for any of the records in good conscious and that she clearly didn't know what she had. He declined to buy any of them and added that some of the records were ones that he could only dream of owning. Most of the records belonged to my great grandmother (1899-1991) , and when my grandfather inherited them he just kept them sealed as she had left them. Some look as though they have never been played, while some look like they were well used in the 30s and 40s. So here we are. The collection has come back to me for a third time because of my passion for selling and researching coins and vintage baseball cards. I have about 500 records in my basement from 1902-1969. I started sorting them by artist, time period, speed, etc. I have also started importing them onto my new discogs account so that I start a database of what I have and use the site for some sales. I have been doing a ton of research on labels to look for, artists, condition, re-releases, mono vs stereo, etc. But I must admit that in the past 4 days I have realized I am way way over my head. I am open to any tips for record dealers, or auction houses that you recommend, or that I should avoid. What are common mistakes that I might make when storing, shipping, selling, or assessing value? My goal is to clear out all 500 (rough count) in less than 6 months so that I can have my office back and I can give my grandmother the money for the records. (A bit ambitious I am sure, but I have been working on it non stop).