Rattapa Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hi. My father was a fan of classical music and who over the years got a large collection of vinyl. I went thro his collection and found an vinyl that he had not opened. I tried to find a value of it and i found it has recently been sold for 400 euroes but that vinyl had been used. My question is as in the title, is it valued more?. Found a picture of the same album online - Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmarcucci Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sealed lps are typically worth more however you risk quite a bit when you shell out for them. You have no idea if the vinyl is warped, marked up due to many years of inner sleeve rubbing or defects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmarcucci Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Great record Edited September 20, 2016 by Jimmarcucci Posted twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajborneman Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 https://www.discogs.com/Mahler-Leonard-Bernstein-Symphony-No-7/release/6901661 This will give you an idea of what it has sold for in the past. The value of a record is all relative to how much someone is willing to pay for it. Quite frankly $550 (give or take) is outrageous for this LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 2 hours ago, ajborneman said: Quite frankly $550 (give or take) is outrageous for this LP (Especially since it says "Digital Recording" right on it.) themeconspiracy and Tommy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Apparently this isn't worth 400 euros. It also looks like there isn't much of a market for it outside of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 cool! good luck with the sale, but this is not the place unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmBrain Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 a lot of the deutsche grammophone catalog is insanely collectable, they are really high quality and very clear. Classical collectors are very fickle, because surface noise can be more detrimental with so many soft passages, so a sealed copy will be very desirable. I think you could probably get 400 euros, but I'd suggest ebay and prepare to ship internationally, good luck. B-dosia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainreiss Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) Correct me if I am wrong, but the question that Rattapa asked was neither if the record is really worth that much nor if someone here would buy it... The question was simply that of "Is a rare record worth even more only because it is sealed?" Jimmarcucci was actually on the right track. A sealed record is like Schrodingers Cat. You simply don't know what is inside and what state it is in. It could have been sitting there in mint for all these years and it also could be a battered old disc that has been resealed for sale. I have a shrink tunnel here at work I can seal all my records, who would know. And you also don't buy the record for the cover, you would want to see the disc and make sure it has the right matrix number and the pressing is of good quality without manufacturing defects. I have this conundrum a lot of times on ebay as well as Discogs. Someone has a reasonably collectable record on colour at a top end price. He claims that because it is unopen and sealed. Now I am a colour variant collector, so if there is a clear burgundy press of a record, there is bound to be a more blue one due to the mixing of the vinyl. In the initial manufacturing you get a handful of colour transitions So that blue would be for me very collectable, whilst the burgundy is common a blue may be very rare. So I will not take a punt on buying a sealed copy if I only be ending up with a burgundy again. Equally how does a seller know that it is even on colour? Especially if the release date is some time ago? For me a sealed record is never attractive to buy so I remove myself from the buyers market. Now the laws of capitalism say something on supply and demand, if I remove myself I reduce demand. Ergo the price should drop as supply stays the same with less people competing over buying it, but that is only half of it... So it would be interesting to hear how many people would rather buy sealed and therefore make up of me dropping out in this scenario, to see if this will alter demand in the other direction. Edited September 23, 2016 by captainreiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 You are wrong. While he is asking if a sealed copy is more valuable his actual intention is to see if he can make bank on his specific record. He really doesn't care about anything you posted. And since he will never make another Post on this board he can piss off. somethingvinyl, Ranch Cat and Hairy Potter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainreiss Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 And this is why VC is still the best place to come to for interesting discussions. Satan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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