Old Vinyl Records

[rickolney]

Anyone know anything about this area of collecting from a value to item point of view?

[stoney]

The only thing I know is they're not as valuable as you would think.

[Clipper]

That is what I have found. I have quite a few of them, and they are not worth a hell of a lot, unless they are like a beetles original in a pristine cover jacket, and then they are not worth very much compared to other items that one might collect. Like 10 to about 25 bucks for a real keeper.

[stoney]

Yep. Or an album with a misprint on it.

I'm still saving my Sticky Fingers album to my old age, though.

[rickolney]

Thanks. I ask because I am contemplating 'gifting' my own records to a pal that dabbles in that sort of thing. He has tons of rare albums and 45's and swears up and down that he has a few worth money. I don't doubt him, and I'm not greedy ... I'm just thinking posting the question here (with those 100 readers) might get an answer or two.

Frankly, these old 78rpm hard vinyl records from the 20s on up would make for better targets for sighting my gun in on, I think. I just can't bring myself to ruining and destroying these early Frank Sinatra and the Big Band era ones.

Thanks for the replies, pals.

[dgriffin]

My experience duplicates Stoney's and Clipper's. Like you, Rick, I thought my vinyl might be worth something, but a quick check on eBay changed my mind.

[stoney]

I guess everybody just has to work...

[Clipper]

I came across my vinyl records just yesterday while rearranging some things in our storage area. I must have been much younger and stronger when I packed them. I could hardly lift the damn box. It weighs as much as a baby grand!!

[jon hynes]

I had a record album I let a dancer borrow years back. She moved to California and died a few years later. I have tried to buy a replacement because it was one of my very favorite records. One comes up on eBay every once and awhile but usually sells for more than I care to spend for a used record. Not a fortune, but then again not a top name band either. So the right albums could be worth quite a bit.

There was or is a Dr Zowallen (sp) that had a fairly large collection of 78 Jazz records. Turns out the Japanese were collecting them too which made his worth a fortune.

[jon hynes]

I had gone to a Garage sale that a old couple were having. They had a container of 45s in perfect condition. For the life of me I don't know why I didn't buy them. I think they wanted 25 cents each. A couple of months ago they showed one of those Johnny Cash 45s on the Sun label on the Antiques Road Show and valued it at $500.

[jon hynes]

I used to buy large collections of records through the years. I had a very large collection before I even had any kind of record player. One collection that comes to mind was Jimmy Hanna's collection of 45s. After looking at them all, I decided against buying them. His mother owned Madeline's Distributing that owned most of the jukeboxes in the area and was the one who put the records in them.

The problem with this collection was that every one had the name Jimmy in the title.

[jon hynes]

I have something sitting in back of me that's out of the norm. I saw one when I first started U.F.A. This might possibly might be the very same one for all I know. I also saw one advertised in Playboy Magazine as a must have for the man that has everything . . . or whatever it said.

It is a Seaburg Jukebox that plays 200 full size (12") 33 1/3 Record Albums. With a AM/FM push button Radio.

It uses a rotary style telephone, dial-in selector that brings up the record of your choice.

[jon hynes]

The Jukebox is almost 8 feet wide and weighs considerably.

This isn't the exact model but looks similar.
And as near to it as I can find right now.

[jon hynes]

Once again not exact, but close view of the Front.
With the doors open


And the view of the Back, with the back panel removed.

[dgriffin]

Oct 4, 2008 1:28:01 GMT -5 jon hynes said:

The problem with this collection was that every one had the name Jimmy in the title.

Aw-w-w, really, Jon? I remember Jimmy also got a lot of records from the WTLB library, where he worked as a part time record librarian when we were both in high school, before forming our first band, The Rhythm Kings, (name compliments of Gates Intino, I think, when he discarded it.)
He gave me old 45's that were stamped "property of WTLB, old library copies, thrown out after a while. There wasn't much room in that building off Kellog Rd. I was in there a couple of times, once to audition as a weekend news reader/switch thrower, when I was a freshman at MVCC. They never called me back.