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In Reply to: RE: Question regarding repair of album covers posted by Ross on July 04, 2017 at 06:48:39
It will not increase the value & most likely will devalue it.
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I clean covers because I like them clean. I repair covers because I do not like splits.
I am not worried I may be reducing the resale value..
(I have bought local used records (not many) with the dreaded multiple strips of old shriveled Scotch tape five inches too long up and across the covers.. yeah it sucks, but if the record is one I want...)
Then you got owners names scrawled across in magic marker.. Or library stickers..
Water damage.. I DO get pissed when I buy an LP locally, and discover the cover was water damaged, but I did not catch it BEFORE I bought it.
There's nothing wrong with sprucing up your albums. glossy covers, a damp wipe down with a mild cleaner.
Split seams & other ware & tear, what ever makes a person happy as long as, if the album is being sold, all repairs are divulged.
After all the question was "Does repairing a cover affect the value of the album".
All albums I have bought new still look good. Used, well some show there providence & that's they way they are.
What I'm really amassed at is finding a worn cover & clean sounding recording.
I don't have anything I believe is highly collectable, 'cause I'm in it for the music, but record collecting is a whole 'nother hobby.
I've listened to a few radio shows where the guest for the night was a record collecting expert. They'd take phone calls, and he'd tell people that their rare Elvis record, which they personally had autographed by Elvis, was actually devalued by the autograph.
Any amateur repairs to something truly rare will, as painter27 indicated, likely devalue it.
For a music lover's collection, with generic LPs, the advice already given should suffice. I'd add to use acid free glue when gluing, if that hasn't already been mentioned.
"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
It really comes down to, the condition of that piece vinyl.
Value? C'mon ! your heirs ie; grandkids will donate YOUR collection to the local Thrift shop.
How do you think LPs get there :-)
Or often just put them out in the trash.
Just Cardboard sleeves .. containing a Mass market product.
Nothing Precious about them at all imo.
If you aren't kidding... can I have your records? :)
OK.
Cool! Mail them to me! WAIT... THESE ARE VINYL RECORDS?? Never mind. Just melt them down.
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