Ebay, J.m. Auction Or Soul Source Sales ?

[Suinoz]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but with the ever increasing amount of records for sale where would be the best place to sell any really big ticket numbers IF you wanted to get shot of them. I see ebay has some 24,000 items for sale now as apposed to this time last year when there were around 8,000. S.S. sales also have mountains of the stuff and John Manship's auction continues to carry loads of quality vinyl ( not alway's the really rare stuff either ). So with so much on offer do i detect a mass exodus to get rid of collections ? Is this due to scare tactics about ' how long the scene may go on for ' or ' how long will our vinyl be collectable ' ?? There have been a few threads recently discussing those 2 questions. I hope there will alway's be enough serious deejay's / collectors around to keep the value of the really great records at a level where they should be. Stuff like Al Williams, Billy Hines, Calvin Grayson, Honeybees, Lester Tipton et al. No i'm not getting worried about my collection but i think it's an interesting topic that needs to be addressed. Thanks for reading and feel free to partake. Tony T Bone. OZ. Spreading the Faith down under.

[night nurse]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but with the ever increasing amount of records for sale where would be the best place to sell any really big ticket numbers IF you wanted to get shot of them. I see ebay has some 24,000 items for sale now as apposed to this time last year when there were around 8,000. S.S. sales also have mountains of the stuff and John Manship's auction continues to carry loads of quality vinyl ( not alway's the really rare stuff either ). So with so much on offer do i detect a mass exodus to get rid of collections ? Is this due to scare tactics about ' how long the scene may go on for ' or ' how long will our vinyl be collectable ' ?? There have been a few threads recently discussing those 2 questions. I hope there will alway's be enough serious deejay's / collectors around to keep the value of the really great records at a level where they should be. Stuff like Al Williams, Billy Hines, Calvin Grayson, Honeybees, Lester Tipton et al. No i'm not getting worried about my collection but i think it's an interesting topic that needs to be addressed. Thanks for reading and feel free to partake. Tony T Bone. OZ. Spreading the Faith down under.

hey up mucker i give you a can of tuna for the lot lol

Edited March 3, 2010 by night nurse

[Suinoz]

hey up mucker i give you a can of tuna for the lot lol

MAKE IT A FULL CARTON MATE AND YOU CAN HAVE THEM ALL WITH PLEASURE. PICK EM' UP AFTER PRESTATYN COS I'M SICK AND TIRED OF LUGGIN' EM' HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD LOL.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you at Skeggy in September, love to Sue. Tony TUNA BOY. OZ.

[Guest WPaulVanDyk]

Personally they can go for a lot on ebay if it's the right day and so on. You wouldn't be able to start it low surely.

If that worries you then go to John Manship and or post on here, there is no chance we would take anyone for a ride surely

[Reg Scott]

Personally they can go for a lot on ebay if it's the right day and so on. You wouldn't be able to start it low surely.

If that worries you then go to John Manship and or post on here, there is no chance we would take anyone for a ride surely

I don't think it's anything to do with a problem with the 'scene' as its nature and form is always changing.

Sales have increased and some prices have gone down more because of people's financial position currently given the recession and to some extent generational change - records being sold to sure up a future pension fund maybe.

In general it's a buyers market but the 'big', 'rare' and 'in-demand' stuff remains pretty bouyant IMO.

There's no guarantee on Ebay or JM's auction. On JM's he starts all records from scratch with no reserve possible as far as I know. On Ebay you can obviously set a starting price and/or reserve.

At the moment, on balance, Ebay seems to be fetching the best prices with JM's not far behind.

One option could be to request offers on here, rather than an auction, then if you get an acceptable bid you sell if not you can go to plan b - whatever other method you choose.

ATB

Greg.

[Guest audiavant]

I don't think it's anything to do with a problem with the 'scene' as its nature and form is always changing.

Sales have increased and some prices have gone down more because of people's financial position currently given the recession and to some extent generational change - records being sold to sure up a future pension fund maybe.

In general it's a buyers market but the 'big', 'rare' and 'in-demand' stuff remains pretty bouyant IMO.

There's no guarantee on Ebay or JM's auction. On JM's he starts all records from scratch with no reserve possible as far as I know. On Ebay you can obviously set a starting price and/or reserve.

At the moment, on balance, Ebay seems to be fetching the best prices with JM's not far behind.

One option could be to request offers on here, rather than an auction, then if you get an acceptable bid you sell if not you can go to plan b - whatever other method you choose.

ATB

Greg.

Think on JMs auction you used to be able to set a reserve-but still had to pay him if it didnt sell,maybe things have changed.

[Ernie Andrews]

Think on JMs auction you used to be able to set a reserve-but still had to pay him if it didnt sell,maybe things have changed.

Think John said on here theres no reserve now.

Ebay is up & down like a YoYo - Sometimes it goes for considerable more than what its worth in the price guide then a comparable copy goes for alot less afew weeks or months later.

I think some people have sold up on here because they were losing interest so that why more bigger ticket items have been floating around.

Some say the scene is on the way out and want to get shot before the collapse- In 1980 I did just that and made a huge mistake as een now Ive nnever been able to get back loads of titles (Now Classic oldies) that I had then.

I still think that after property your record collection is the next asset that is holding its value in this day and age.

So my answer is Spread it about