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I got extremely lucky at a local book sale and picked up the following, all still sealed:Silbelius Symphony No. 2 (Paray) Mercury sr90204
Gluck Don Juan London (Marriner) STS15169
Haydn Symphony 94/101 (Monteaux) London STS15178
Beethoven 9th (Toscanini) RCA VIC 1607
Beethoven 7th (Toscanini) RCA VIC 1502
Overture Encores (Wolff) London STS 15021
Motzart’s Quartet Party (Weller Quartet) London STS 15168
Khachaturian Violin Concerto (Fistoulari/Ansetmet) London STS15240
Schubert “Trout” Quintet (Festival Quartet) RCA VICS-1399
Reiner/CSO Play Bartok RCA VICS-1620
Piano Music of Liszt London STS15123
Gina Bachauer Chopin (Dorati) Mercury SR 90368
Strauss Death and Transfiguration (Monteaux) VICS-1457
Strauss Ein Heldenleben (Reiner) VICS-1042
Finlandia (Mackerras) London STS15159
Masters of the Guitar Vol. 2 (Zarate, et al) RCA LSC-2717The dilemma is that I am not much of a classical music listener. If I put them up on Ebay or sell them in some other manner, would they be worth more if I open them up to check the condition of the vinyl, matrix numbers, etc, or should I leave them sealed? Most appear to be cut-outs with either a small green check mark on one corner where the seal has been peeled back or a small hole poked through the cover, or both.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Kooper
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Isn't it unfortunate that the often beatiful LP covers were systematically vandalized by the recording industry? Still, sealed cutouts present some of the best values in music, unless you are a real collector type. I buy sealed cutouts all the time. I have had good experience with them. I would take a sealed cutout over an opened copy any time. Often, even an opened copy that looks near mint has been played, damaged and has a lot of surface noise as a result. If you don't like classical music, don't let anyone stop you from listing them on eBay - you might get something for them.
There is a very good chance that they will still sound great, but you'll have to actually open them and play them. And frankly, that won't diminish their value much, if at all.
"Most appear to be cut-outs with either a small green check mark on one corner where the seal has been peeled back or a small hole poked through the cover, or both."There are two reasons cutouts have a low resale value:
1) A cut-out usually indicated the last the final pressing run whose sales have run their course and the manufacturer dumped the remaining to overstock sellers, etc. The cutout keeps a dishonest seller from charging full price. Also items can be cut out for other reasons as well such as the artist changes record companies, the LP was re-mastered, etc. The best sounding cutouts are from when most record companies dumped their LPs in favor of CD versions. Some of these cutouts are early pressings.
2) The physical appearance of the recording is defaced by being cutout. I would not list on eBay unless the un-cut version sells for $40.00 or more, then you might get $10-$20 for a sealed cutout.
I personally totally avoid cutouts even for 50 cents from the Thrift Stores I wait until a non-cut version appears.
There are some excellent performances on your list, maybe it's time to explore classical music more fully?
I would listen to these first:
Silbelius Symphony No. 2 (Paray) Mercury sr90204
Overture Encores (Wolff) London STS 15021
Khachaturian Violin Concerto (Fistoulari/Ansetmet) London STS15240
Reiner/CSO Play Bartok RCA VICS-1620
Finlandia (Mackerras) London STS15159
"Analog is Music, Digital is mathematics"
Happy listening,
Teresa
...except for the two Mercs - and those are likely to be very late issues if sealed.If you do sell the Mercs, don't open them. The buyers will be hoping and bidding as if they were early pressings.
I've been looking for that Paray Sibelius Symphony No. 2 all over the place.
Still sealed? I'd sell them when they finally pried my cold dead hands away from them.
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