Looking to downsize audiophile collection and want to understand market.

I really cutback my time and money in this hobby for the last 10 years or so.
I am looking to significantly downsize both hardware and software and
understand the general principal that the more you sell in bulk, the less you get for it.

But would something like the Acoustic Sounds and Music Matters Blue Note 45rpm double vinyl series
from about fifteen (??) or so years ago sell as a complete of 25 titles per series (all with the same limited edition number)?

This is the community I feel most connected to so ideally I would like to offer it here before eBay or Disccogs
(if it turns out there is a market for it).
I am not trying to skirt the 'state the selling price' rule here,
I am just using the above example as a hypothetical to better understand the marketplace.

 

I would tend to think so. Do your required homework on both eBay and Discogs to determine their value and price fairly here using our Forum grading policy is about all I can suggest. I'm certain there must be some interest in rarities like this.

Great and I'm sure members here would appreciate fairly priced rarities you have to offer. For equipment sales be sure to check out both Audiogon and Canuck Audio Mart along with eBay.

 

Personally I would sell off the good ones separately, and group up the rest you want gone.

That's what I did, when I sold off my LP collection in the 80s, and again when I sold off my CD collection in the '00s.

And I can honestly say, I do not miss it all, nor regret it, as it all fits nicely now in the palm of my hand.

BUT! I still keep a handful of LPs & TT around for sh!ts & giggles

 

They can take a while to sell unless it's particularly in demand or at an irresistible price. Perhaps you could list at multiple places at once. In general, people won't pay as much on a per-title basis through lots.

 

Thanks all for the input.
I hope this thread helps others as well.

Mostly as a curiosity at this point,
does having the same Limited Edition serial number that was a subscriber incentive
for all 25 copies of a series carry on to re-sale?

This is the community where having the matching numbers seems most important.
If I go selling it out in the wild, it will undoubtedly be broken up.
I was curious if that continues to be an appealing feature to potential buyers here?

 

This is one of those questions that isn't easily answerable without trying.

If you are looking to maximize profit, figure out what the total of all 25 copies in the series would sell for individually, ADD to that total, and list it on eBay or Discogs as a complete set with matching pressing numbers. If you're lucky, someone will pay a premium for one stop matched number shopping.

If you're going to try, don't just add a small amount, I'd add an appreciable amount. The kind of person who is going to find all-in-one shopping attractive is not your bottom feeder best deal kind of collector. But you will find well-heeled buyers from places like Japan who are willing to pay a significant premium for this kind of thing.

The worst that happens is that no one bites, and you break the collection up after that (or else drop the price of the collection to somewhere closer to the value of the titles individually).

In general, things that truly go together as a collection will yield a premium when sold together. But things that are tenuously held together (e.g. "a bunch of random audiophile stuff") won't. And complete sets (or at least complete inclusive runs between certain ends) are far more attractive than "a bunch of stuff from the series."

 

Thank you for the thoughtful response kwad. I guess I intuitively knew that but to see it put so succinctly helped!