I have nothing at all to add concerning the current state of the used classical LP market, but I can tell you that LPs are far from being "dead" in the sense that sales of new LPs and turntables has increased steadily in recent years, so the numbers of vinyl-lovers out there has been increasing. http://tinyurl.com/6eryum What I can relate is my own experience selling my collection on the web. I sold my 500 or so LPs (about 330 "albums") though a link from Classical Net: http://www.classical.net/lps No opera, nothing terribly obscure, nothing historical, as you can see at the site. Using PayPal's shopping cart system for payment, I as able to get an average of over $5 per LP, which I thought very good. But then my LP collection was in pristine condition, so mileage my vary considerably. This was a long process. It took about 3 years for me to sell all of my LP collection, though 60-75% of it went in the first few months. Most of the "audiophile" LPs (some unopened) went immediately. It took perhaps 12-15 hours for me to photograph the entire collection, which may not be necessary but assuredly did. I was further assisted by having a database of my LPs, so all I had to do was to dump the recording info, format it with some simple HTML, and add a PayPal link for each album. Though I had a number of buyers just interested in a few, a couple of buyers came back again and again. This entire process was time-consuming. I double boxed all my shipments, and shipped worldwide (I sold quite a few in Asia). I had exactly two complaints - one was a skip, so I refunded the $5; and the other was a gentleman who bought an unopened LP, opened it, and then decided to read the label. This last did not get a refund as the LP was exactly as advertised and in perfect shape. Though this approach obviously isn't for everyone, the effort was worth it to me personally on two counts. First, I got the feeling that the cherished collection I hauled from coast to coast and back again was going to collectors who would appreciate it. And, second, I did manage to recover quite a bit of my investment (even made a healthy profit on the audiophile LPs), so the time was worth it. Dave http://www.classical.net/ *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html