Are Vinyl Records Worth Anything?
All vinyl records have different values according to title and condition.
Certain styles of music typically have good value, if they are in good condition. Many other styles of music will not have value no matter what condition they are in. Check the lists below!
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Types of Records That May Have Value
Classic Rock, Soul, Jazz, Funk, R&B, Disco, Punk, Rap, Metal, Indie Rock, Salsa, Cumbia, Reggae, African, Audiophile, New Age, some Soundtracks
Types Of Records That Probably Don’t Have Value
Christmas, kids, opera, classical, country, big band, easy listening, show tunes
There are exceptions to every rule, but this is a good rule-of-thumb. You also want to consider about how many records you have. A large quantity record collection (more than 300 or so) of the good genres listed above in good condition should have some value, how much exactly, experts such as ourselves would have to advise you on it. We Buy Records makes cash offers on vinyl collections everyday!
Even small collections (50 or under) of the good genres may have nice value, it really just depends on the titles and the conditions. Often times more obscure, lesser-known artists will have better value than huge-sellers. This comes down to supply and demand. Take Beatles and Elvis records for instance, even though there is some demand for them still, the quantity that these records were manufactured in (millions) precludes most of them from being very rare. Whereas many of the more obscure records were made in batches of just a few thousand or less. This gives them much more potential to have good value, provided there is a demand for the title from the collectors market.
We have thousands of customers who buy records from us every week, so we need to be buying used collections from sellers like you every day!
Vinyl records’ values are based on title and condition, the rarer of a title and the better of condition they are in - the more value they will have! Andy will quickly appraise your collection and get you a fair offer within minutes. For large collections (500+) we offer free house calls!
Call Andy today to get started, please have this information ready
1) About how many records, just an estimate
2) What styles of music are in the collection?
3) What is the general condition?