There are numerous ways of disposing of old vinyl records.

After that, I’ll go over what you need to know to get the most money for the albums.

1. Record/Music Stores. One of the best (and fastest) ways to sell your vinyl records is by bringing them to record or music stores near you.
2. eBay.
3. Discogs.
4. Flea Markets.
5. Used Bookstores.
6. CDandLP.com.

10 Records You Might Have Owned That Are Now Worth a Fortune

• BOB DYLAN // THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN (1963)
• THE BEATLES // THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) (1968)
• DAVID BOWIE // DIAMOND DOGS (1974)
• SEX PISTOLS // “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”/”NO FEELINGS” 7-INCH (1977)
• HANK MOBLEY // BLUE NOTE 1568 (1957)

1. Sell old vinyl records on eBay.
2. Sell records at a garage sale or flea market.
3. Place a classified ad in your local paper or in your local area of Craigslist.
4. Call your local library and see if they accept donations of vinyl records.

If you have old 78s you’d like to donate, the Great 78 Project will accept your old 78 records and digitize them to post online. But reading their FAQs, it does not appear they will ship those old records back to you.

Vinyl records are not recyclable. They should be disposed of in the rubbish bin. Cardboard sleeves can be removed and recycled.

Rare and Valuable LPs (33 RPM) Many have values that exceed $100. Some sell for $1000 or more. “Most collected artists” records have the highest values. Most “Fans” LPs made after 1970 sell for $10 or more and some made before 1970 sell for $100+.

Vinyl records are rising in popularity again and if in good condition can be donated to some charity shops. If you have rare discs you may be able to sell them via online websites such as Cash4Records or Vinyl Exchange.

The two big sites for selling vinyl records are really ebay, discogs. Both have advantages and disadvantages, but that really is another article in itself. These sites will offer you a worldwide audience to sell your vinyl records.

You can sell vinyl records directly to collectors or to a store. Selling directly to collectors will typically net the most money, though it can take longer to sell. Selling to retailers and other stores is faster, but you’ll get less money since they need to resell at a profit.

Tefteller said in a phone interview. He said that on average a rare jazz 78 might sell for $1,500 to $5,000, whereas sales for a comparable blues record would start at $5,000.

The 78 rpm record, with its tattered yellow label, was once valued at $500,000 by Record Collector magazine, but in reality sold for $240,000 dollars (£160,000) in the Graceland auction. With a 25% auction house premium of $60,000 dollars (£40,000), the total buyer price came to $300,000.

There’s a thriving market for classical recordings on 78 – in fact some of the most expensive recent sales of 78s on eBay are of very early (pre-1910) classical works on obscure labels.

The accompanying album covers of 78 vinyl records are often worth as much or more than the actual record discs. 78 records and their covers that were released between the 1950s and 1980s are particularly collectible with often elaborate and iconic art images and artist likenesses.

Longtime Blues record collector and expert John Tefteller was the winning bidder at $37,100.00 for a super rare Blues 78 rpm record by Blues legend Tommy Johnson. This is highest price ever paid for a single 78 rpm Blues record and one of the highest prices ever paid for ANY record.

Any flat disc record, made between about 1898 and the late 1950s and playing at a speed around 78 revolutions per minute is called a “78” by collectors. The materials of which discs were made and with which they were coated were also various; shellac eventually became the commonest material.

33, 45, and 78 Today Most of the records sold after the ’80s were full-length 33 LPs. However, some new bands still released an EP (or Extended Play) on a 45rpm record. 78s are hard to come by today.