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Large collection of Classical

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It's not hard to check for warps. I would question if anyone wants thousands of classical records in 2022.
 
You would have to pay most record dealers to take those away. Not to say there won't be some gold in there, but it's a horribly boring genre to research
 
markshan said:
I would question if anyone wants thousands of classical records in 2022.
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Years ago I ended up with the entire contents of the Oakland Naval Station library - between 2 and 3 truckloads.

I tried a yard sale o 25-50 cents each. Maybe sold 50 or 60. Offered then to any of the local schools free - no takers. I also offered them to most of the local non-profits and charities - no takers.

Cost me about $1200 to have the local disposal service haul them off.

There were a few boxes of vinyl albums that I sold to a government employee for $1 (legally he couldn't buy them.)
 
I bought roughly 1500 classical albums roughly 2 years ago. Pulled the cream off the top and offered a deal on the remaining lot and the buyer drove from Memphis to buy them. The issue I had was no bar codes and spending several days after work trying to comp them all out. Lucky for me they were all extremely minty so condition was never an issue. Ive yet to list those albums. Lol
 
The more I think about it- the way they are stacked can't be a personal listening collection. I knew some one who had over 700 classical records, but they were on shelves, each one accessable. Only value is if there is some red label pressings.
 
In Houston one the of Half Price Books Village location 2001 to like 2006 had a 1200 classical albums that looked like this with the big gold logo

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They did not even sell 10 of them during period and they had to get rid off all of them. Classical records IMO are top 4 or 5 genres that are worth the least.
 
DJboutit said:
Classical records IMO are top 4 or 5 genres that are worth the least.
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They are definitely the one that has been most hurt by digital. Vinyl warmth is less valued and digital silence is more valued. Plus many classical music fans have deeper pockets and have gone the SACD route. Probably more than half the SACDs made are classical.
 
Also unlike jazz records , the stereo classical records seem to be more sought after, which makes sense as you'd want a wider stereo image. There are some valuable classical records for sure, but they have to be certain types of things and certain pressings. Many of the more valuable ones are european pressings and particular soloists. And it's not the same as old jazz records in terms of collectability. I would maybe sift through the collection and only buy what I wanted, and I wouldn't want to deal with that many records myself. But it sounds like they only want someone who is buying the entire collection, no picking.

One other thing, these don't look to be in great condition. Often times classical records I find are in the best condition of all the genres.
 
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