Comments on: A New Adventure in Jazz Collecting, Part 4 https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/ For those who love jazz Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Al https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461657 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:08:12 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461657 Yes, I realize that my comment just now may not really be the way for readers outside the U.S., although perhaps it will spur someone in Europe to create a new model.

]]> By: Al https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461656 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:07:09 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461656 or maybe the best option is consignment. I’ll certainly provide something of a test case, not only that I’m doing it, but that I’m also writing about the experience.

]]> By: Joaquim https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461655 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:59:18 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461655 Selling at the mega-fairs may be the best option.

]]> By: Rudolf A. https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461654 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:37:52 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461654 You cannot take them with you. So, the hard conclusion is, rather dispose yourself of your beloved objects, than leaving that to your heirs.
I have been selling since nearly two decades, starting with my sizeable collection of doubles. In the beginning it was fun, but since Covid and the new rules imposed by Ebay, it is no pleasure anymore.
Imagine the tax implications for buyers and sellers if you sell a 5000 dollar item. Everything is monitored, you cannot, as in the good old days, declare a nominal value to avoid import duties for your client.
So selling Records has become a burden. The only solution is dedicated private sales to people who come to pick up the records or to deliver a batch, if the buyer lives not too far away.
Selling through consignments may be a solution depending on the country you live in. For a European seller it is practically impossible to sell through a US entity. If one happens to be in the same country as an experienced seller like Vinylspot in Rotterdam, one should be happy and it is certainly a way out. The same for Paris Jazz Corner.
I have no experience with Discogs, only that questions to sellers remain often without reply. If you sell through Discogs, the problem of making the parcel, the hassle of the Post office, customs etc remains. At a certain age one simply cannot cope with that anymore. So for me Discogs is no option.

]]> By: Al https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461648 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:53:35 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461648 Just for the record, DaveS, you left one out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE7hGMMIyfE

I guess everything we do here is just for the record.

]]> By: DaveS https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461646 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:50:21 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461646 For those keeping score at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjDW31SXuLQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKn8RlD7Is

]]> By: Joaquim https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461645 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:44:26 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461645 Hi Al. I retired 3 years ago and enjoy my modest jazz collection. I was a little worried about what would happen to my records if something unforeseen happened to me, so I have left my family el telefono of some large European stores, and my most valuable records with their condition and approximate price

]]> By: Mark https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461644 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:05:25 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461644 Al – as a devoted Seinfeld fan since day one I love that comment

Jim – well done..what a nice way to do it!!

(Extra exclamation for Al)

]]> By: jimrjim https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461643 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:25:13 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461643 call the editor: “Five years ago, when I sold the vast majority of my jazz lps (once a collection of 2,500+ mostly adventurous to wildly adventurous slices acquired over 45 years),I asked a good friend and fellow collector to handle it.”

]]> By: jimrjim https://jazzcollector.com/features/a-new-adventure-in-jazz-collecting-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-461642 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:23:25 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=9156#comment-461642 Mark was and is right. Five years ago, when I sold the vast majority of my jazz lps (once a collection of 2,500+ mostly adventurous to wildly adventurous slices acquired over 45 years).
I asked a good friend and fellow collector to handle it. We worked out a deal where he could skim the lot for holes he wanted to fill at a cost of 60% of market value. (We had a baroque formula using discogs, ebay sold listings, and popsike). Adios to many, many Sun Ra originals, Strata-East, all the JCOA, all but a few BYG/Actuel and ESP, every Cecil, every Ornette, blah, blah, blah. Not a one purchased as an “investment”. I was genuinely delighted to know they were going to my pal.
We had a good run on ebay for the 1,000 albums he didn’t want. He took a reasonable commission for those. Most important to me, we’re still good friends. What better result could one ask for?
I could have made more money on my own and I might have given many a farewell listen.
I would have lost a year…or two. Easily.

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