LP vinly lovers, some advice needed

[danger boy]

Ok. So i was browsing thru the 2nd hand stores today.. and ran into some older LP collections. I purchased a few and now I want to sell them on Ebay. what basic advice can you give me as to what people are looking for and what will sell.

The ones I got are collections for the 40's, 50's, and 60's type music. For instance Mel Torme, Les Brown, Count Basie, Harry James

This one collection is a limted edition, special stereo selection box set of 10 gold vinyl. the vinyl is mint or near mint, the box itself is a 8 out of 10. box set is complete.

thanks for any advice guys

[unc2701]

1)Don't screw people on the shipping. Find out what it'll cost to ship them media mail and don't jack past that +the cost of shipping materials. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing an awesome set of records and then some jackass wanting $100 to ship them when it only costs $15 w/ media mail.
2)List out the records when you're selling more than one. If you don't, then don't expect more then $0.30-$0.50 per record.
3)be realistic on the condition.

As for artists, just about anything will sell on ebay. Go for it, people usually pay more than they should, so it's not a bad way to make a few dollars.

[ESAVINON]

Best advise i can give you is send me the collector's edition at cost plus shipping ;) .

[masanz1]

you may have a better bet on Audiogon. I tried selling some older albums on ebay, no bites, audiogon gave me several, don't forget you can mail them media mail to save charges

[Tour2ma]

For gfrading use the Goldmine scale. Here's a link to one posting of the scale, with commentary.
http://members.tripod.com/~Vinylville/faq-2.html

Couple interesting reads here on selling vinyl.
http://recordcollectorsguild.org/index.php

[danger boy]

thanks guys. yeah i'm not getting even so much as a nibble on Ebay for the albums. Dang it. I thought this would be an easy sell. :(