Q&A for How to Get the Best Price for Old 33 1/3 Records

Record albums are currently trending with people ages 15-30. If the record is in good condition (and note that some records/genres/artists are more popular, and would be worth more), it will probably be around $15-$20. Special editions, signed or rare albums will fetch higher dollar amounts, even up to several hundred dollars.

Discogs is a good website to use to sell your albums. The website is used by collectors and record stores, so you are more likely to get knowledgeable buyers willing to pay a fair price for a record. Registering as a seller is free but they do collect a fee on sold items. Taking your records to a local record store that sells used records is also a good way to get your records sold but you're less likely to get the best price, since they will be reselling them and needing to make some profit on the sale.

There are turntables that can connect to a computer via USB, which will allow you to play the record and digitize the audio as it plays.

Yes, they would still have value but they will be worth significantly less than if they had an album cover.

You can try selling them yourself through various resale websites such as eBay or Craigslist though one of the best websites to sell records is Discogs, since it's a community of record collectors who know the value of records. You can also sell them to a local record store that resells used records. Most stores will take your collection, determine prices for each record, and then provide you with the price they would be willing to pay. Keep in mind that since they will be reselling the records and needing to make a profit off doing so, you're not going to get the full value for the records.

Discogs is a great website where you can catalog your collection, and they will give you a low end, high end, and average estimate of the collection's value based on previous sales of those records on their website.

You can always take them to a local record store that sells records to see if they have an idea of the value of that record. You can also use the website Discogs.com to see a range of prices that the specific record has sold for on their website.

That will depend on a couple of things. One thing to consider is the number of records pressed in the gray vinyl with multicolored blobs, as a limited run may make that colored vinyl more rare and sought after. The age of the pressing will also play a big role, especially with the black vinyl, as collectors will gladly pay top dollar for an original pressing from the '60s compared to a modern reissue.

Grab a microfiber cleaning cloth. Dampen a clean microfiber cleaning cloth, preferably with distilled water. Lightly wipe the record surface in a circular motion, but steer clear of the middle of the record.

Yes, but not on the same scale as classic rock records from the '60s and '70s. Do an Internet search for "sell shellac records."