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Advice on bulk record pricing?

I've got more records than I want to keep, and I'm coming off a major surgery and could use some cash.

I don't want to turn pricing/selling records into a full-time job, but I also don't want to sell $20 records for $5. I know I'll have to grade them, but I'd rather not spend a ton of time researching pricing in addition to the time it'll take to do the grading.

So, what's the easiest effective to way to get real-world pricing on records? Something faster than going to ebay and looking at the last 10 sales.

Thanks!
bassface
rshak
309 posts
 
Photok mentioned popsike. Here's another very fine site that's free:

collectorsfrenzy.com
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Selling at a record fair sucks. if you have never done it, do not bother.
First, you have to pay a HUGE cost for the space right up front. ($40 to $100) So the first hours of sales is only going to cover that cost. maybe. ( most buyers like to check out folks they know. as a new person, you are less likely to get crowds..)
Then you have to drag all of it there and set it up. and take it all back later.
So after you sell a pile just to pay for the table, you have to actually sit there all day long. BORING.
It sucks.
Maybe if you are young, and like doing odd stuff..
IMO forget it.
bondmanp
1,465 posts
 
I think Elizabeth nailed it, as far as record shows go. I go to a local show, in Springfield, NJ, each quarter, and usually pay between $1 and $3 for decent condition LPs. IIRC, tables at this show cost $60 each. It is well attended, but the dealers do not leave with empty milk crates. The ones that sell cheap move the most records, of course, but I see the same guys with the same LPs there year after year. Even for a buck, there are some LPs that people just don't want. IMHO, the hiring a kid to sell LPs on Ebay idea is the best idea. People without access to record stores or shows will pay up for vinyl.
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