Collection-Buying Stories
spelunk
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1) I bought a big hip-hop collection out in Richmond over the summer from a dude who used to roll with Master P back in his Richmond days. It had a ton of junk records to sift through (some worthwhile stuff too), along with a fair share of real junk, including porno mags, tax returns, KMEL charts, drawings by young children, a broken turntable, two terrible PA speakers, and some handwritten lyrics that were awful.2) I "bought" two boxes of 45s off a woman in El Cerrito in March, who, when asked how much she wanted for the records, told me to find out how much they were worth and make whatever donation to KPFA I felt was reasonable. I tried to give her money but she didn't want it. Was $10 enough for a box of turds with one $125 record? I never listen to KPFA...:)3) Not a collection, but a fellow strutter got me into a locker in San Jose earlier this year, and the Mexican couple who owned it spoke very minimal English, and I felt like an idiot for my inability to speak Spanish. All we could really communicate was $1, 1 record.I'm sure you guys have plenty more stories to tell.
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2. 20 boxes for $200, origin of 10,000 LPs in 3 hrs on weirdrexthatsuk.com
3. 5000+ from weirdo for $300 or less? yes please.
4. 5000+ dj collection, $500..many raer early disco, still have most of raerz
many many many more...most non raerz are gone and now in miramar landfill
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5,000 piece latin collection owned by old latin woman whos husband passed. alot of dope titles. crazy Cotique. thousands of common funk 45s. didnt weed thru em all though. told me she wanted 2 grand for everything. i told her id give her 500 bucks. she was trying to sell Beatles turds on ebay for 500 alone. i told her no one will pay her 2 grand and to call me when my offer was good. she called me a year later accepting my offer and i told her no due to conditon
10,000 records in an old hippies barn. grabbed as much psych and disco as i could. then told disco John about the rest for a finders fee which resulted in a hip hop collection he just pulled in. came up big.
thats it. i am hoping to see a heavyweight 7,000 piece hip hop collection next week. i will def bring my camera if it happens and let u know how it goes
never really came up on a huge jazz collection. but i hear of em all the time.
I'm going to assume this a crude attempt at a joke...
NEVER THAT SON
^^^ AWESOME. THAT IS HOW TO DO IT. DO IT REAL BIG. GOOD LUCK!
huge dj collection east county last year or so... $100 ..many 12", not so raer but some nice pieces
tons of private, psych, prog $4 a pop from ebay at the swap...only had $300 to spare..I CRY
I could go on and on..AP and Dante gotta weight in now
So music that won't get you EBAY DOLLARZ doesn't deserve to exist??
There are surely plenty of places you could donate that stuff to.
Why does 3 piece Def Leppard lot (always) get to stick around? Thats not fattening your wallet or enlightening folks.
NAH DUDE I TRY TO DONATE AND I DONATE a lot
I DO THROW AWAY BARBARA STREISAND. I DON'T WANNA SEE IT IN SHOPS OR AT THE SWAP, SORORY.
DUDE, YOU KNOW I DONATE, I JUST DON'T DONATE EVERYTHING
I HAVE ENOUGH TERDS, IT IS CHALLENGING.
barabar steisland and some lame EZ bert kamp bent fab firestone xxmas?
never that donated I used it for shipping inserts LOL
dude
CLASSIC MYLATENCY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH MOVES
Damn, I had a show there Freshman year of college when I wasn't deep into records (and still going to school there). I assume you got in there recently when they were moving to the new building. To steal your phrase, WHY MUST I CRY?
Anyways, I didn't even wet it and I just sent that shit to Holefiller for cleanup like what, took the psych and left the strays, I lol and you must Deal. I got reggae coming out the ears from the Utica shopkeep. Up to my assy tits I swear
I used to ride the elevator with the crazy lady with the Blue Notes fifty cents takes a whole bushel I'm like fuck that I gotta KIMS Keep It Moving Son. Plus who the fuck uses bushels
HAH. Yeah dude I know there are too many. I'm talkin' bout those crazy people you deal with, the funny stuff that goes on, not just the giant hauls of raer. Those just make me mad jealous. DIME A RECORD? Dayum.
that I even hipped my friend to but he slept
yup, all those for $100
10K was much more impressive, believe me
serious
I've had a few storage loads fall into my lap for cheap or nothing though, and it can be fun going through all the records I'd never bothered with previously and minting up on commons.
Most recently it was an enormous 90s 12" collection, crap for days but more than enough keepers to make it worthwhile (including a Biggie dbl LP boot I'd been looking for).
Earlier this year I got a 70s RnB collection for $45 that was mostly commons (hell, almost any collection is going to be mostly commons) but the highlight was a clean MJ Kirkland "Hang on in There".
Heres another one a certian records dealer M*z* from Cleveland is riding down the street when he sees one of these street side memorials...pics,bears, candles on a street pole he then tells F*rr*st G*t*mG*mp to stop the car dude got out and asked a nearby person "Why is there records on this pole?" the girl replies "Apparently the guy he died like this type of music" from there M*z* pulls the records off of the pole and exchanges record covers with the dead guy....no bullshit
No smoothie this morning but I'm calm as fuk as I get this money and watch my AAPL shoot up to new highs. How's the 'dermy? Are you still unemployed/self employed?
PS: SAN DIEGO RECORD SHOW THIS WEEKEND, COME CLON IN PERSON SOCAL HEADZ!!!!
ahh good times. that was the period on waxidermy i remember people were going at each other left and right if i remember right. something in the water i think.
as far as collections, i have yet to step into a good one. central valley has major turds. it's sad. i did miss out on one a couple years back that was pretty great. did end up getting some nice records from it though from the store that bought the sloppy seconds. disco godfather and seaquence for 1.25 ? yes plaese.
btw how do you guys hear about these collections ?
do you put out ads in the paper, hand out flyers, i know if you have a store people try to contact you, but how do you non store owners get in contact with good collections ?
is it all about connections ?
YES MORK I AM HOMELESS LIVING IN THE BATHROOM OF A STARBUCKS IN NEEDLES CALIFORNIA. IT'S GETTING COLD TOO. DO YOU HAVE ANY BLING BLING HIP HOP WEAR YOU COULD LOAN ME FOR THE WINTER? PREFERABLY SOMETHING WITH EMBROIDERED DOLLAR SIGNS?
YES