Nice Antique Show Haul

[Bryan R]

Thought I'd come show off my finds here...

Back on Thursday there was a Craigslist seller posting that he had something like 900 records he was selling. His wife was tired of them taking up room, so he had to sell them asap... A BUCK A PIECE.
He set up his collection at a local antique show today, so I decided to go.

He took VERY good care of his records...
All of these are in EX to NM shape. So cool!
I was lucky enough to grab the following...
Can't wait to listen to these.

Louis Armstrong-Hello, Dolly! (Kapp Records)
Asia-Asia
Dave Brubeck-Gone With The Wind
Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy
Phil Collins-Hello, I Must Be Going!
John Coltrane-The Mastery Of John Coltrane Vol. IV "Trane's Modes"
Count Basie (Self-titled release on Metro Records)
Hall & Oates-Private Eyes
Hall & Oates-Rock'n Soul Part 1 (still has a 1984 tri-fold Hall & Oates calendar!)
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Billy Joel-Songs In The Attic
Billy Joel-An Innocent Man
Journey-Escape
Kansas-Point Of Know Return
Men At Work-Two Hearts
Alan Parsons Project-I Robot
Spyro Gyra-Alternating Currents
Steely Dan-Pretzel Logic
Styx-The Grand Illusion (Excellent shape, still has the band poster!)
Supertramp-Crime Of The Century
Sly & The Family Stone-The Best Of
Three Dog Night-It Ain't Easy
Rick Wakeman-The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table (comes with full-color artwork booklet!)
Joe Walsh-But Seriously, Folks...

Maybe not the most incredible records but there are some GREAT ones here with some poster goodies, and for a buck a piece in ex/nm shape I did well.

~b

 

[electronjohn]

Yes you did. Have you spun that Count Basie yet? Sounds cool.

 

[Arkay]

Sounds like you did VERY well, at that price. :yes: :thmbsp:

I don't know what the rest of his LPs were like, but if there were a lot of decent ones to choose from, I would have been tempted to have said something like, "I'll take ALL of them, in one go, if you'll take a quarter apiece for them." I would have said it loudly enough, within earshot of his wife, and then shut up and waited...

After that, you just bring them home, sort through them, and then sell the unwanted ones off for fifty cents or a buck apiece. OR, if you have the income to justify it, donate them to a charity and take a tax write-off, valuing them at two or three bucks apiece.

 

[Bryan R]

Sounds like you did VERY well, at that price. :yes: :thmbsp:

I don't know what the rest of his LPs were like, but if there were a lot of decent ones to choose from, I would have been tempted to have said something like, "I'll take ALL of them, in one go, if you'll take a quarter apiece for them." I would have said it loudly enough, within earshot of his wife, and then shut up and waited...

After that, you just bring them home, sort through them, and then sell the unwanted ones off for fifty cents or a buck apiece. OR, if you have the income to justify it, donate them to a charity and take a tax write-off, valuing them at two or three bucks apiece.

Lol, there definitely were a lot of decent ones to choose from. I'm kind of kicking myself for passing up on those couple of Jean-Luc Ponty albums (He had Aurora... :twak: )

If I had that cash I would have done that.
He had a sealed copy of a 70's R&B/soul band called "Tomorrow Never Knows" or something, said it was pretty rare... He also had a pristine copy of an album by The Buckaroos that book listed at $40... Lol... My dad says I should have bought them (I think I should have, too) but it's good to know someone else will have the excitement of getting those treasures for a buck.

I think he had a bunch of Beatles albums in great shape, but they were long gone by the time I got there. :tears:

And I'm excited for the Count Basie record, too!

 

[SBEEZ]

Really nice, diverse mix. Great score!

 

[Bryan R]

Really nice, diverse mix. Great score!

Thanks! I like diversity in my music... I'll listen to just about anything, as long as it isn't hip-hop or rap.