Originally Posted by Rocketdog2000 (Post 11947974)

In a related KISS on vinyl note, I had a situation similar to this happen to me the other day, only with Hard Rock and Metal albums...

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Sadly, in this case, it also involved a bit of tragedy. A friend of a friend's brother had recently passed away, leaving behind a rather sizable LP and Rock & Roll memorabilia collection. My friend is helping the departed's sister deal with trying to sell most of it off, and I got brought in to consult on how best to help do this, as well as determine the worth of the collection. It was a veritable goldmine, easily worth thousands of dollars. Numerous different pressing of albums, import copies, numbered limited editions, colored vinyl, picture discs, long out of print albums...and a fairly good percentage of the lot still in mint condition and sealed. It was mind blowing.

The guy was a HUGE KISS fan, too. He had three or four crates just of various pressings of KISS albums, plus action figures, posters, Halloween costumes, concert bills, concert T's...pretty much anything KISS collectible you can imagine.

For my help, I was able to pick out some albums of my choosing for an extremely deep discount. I grabbed a few KISS releases I'd been looking for for several years, but had either never been able to find, or always got outbid on. Four of which were KISS Unplugged, Revenge (on marbled blue vinyl), Alive III (on white vinyl) and Alive IV - Symphony. Each of these regularly sells for between $50 to $100 used, and I got all but one of them still sealed. In fairness, I did tell them upfront the worth of these records, but since he had multiple copies of most of them, and she wanted to see them go to someone who would appreciate them, she still let me have them for $10 each, and I practically had to convince her to take the money from me, too.

I also got some Ramones original pressings, and a few other things he had multiple copies of, too.

It was a weird situation of my good luck coming from someone else misfortune, but I just went with it. Sometimes best not to question these things too much, and just go with it.

Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 11948199)

Wow, that's an amazing haul!

Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 11949009)

I've noticed a hash tag popping up on social media sites, #vinyligclub. I cannot figure out what it means. Anyone know?

Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 11949041)

So they can't just post #vinyl like anyone else would expect? Who would think to search for #vinyligclub? It's stupid and I will not use it.

Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 11949579)

When I post vinyl on instagram, I use #vinyl, then a hashtag with the name of the artist, and another with the name of the album. That's gotten me more than enough interactions with others that I don't have to resort to #spinnersgroup or #deliciousblackvinyl or anything like that.

Originally Posted by islandclaws (Post 11951641)

Lucked out at Amoeba today and grabbed a copy of Death Waltz's Assault on Precinct 13 and Room 237.

Man, the fucking jacket on 237 is THICK. Assault is gorgeous. I guess only variants are blood swirled?

Originally Posted by Why So Blu? (Post 11951743)

#youspinmeround #outspinmebro
;)

Originally Posted by Dan (Post 11951787)

May I submit: #brodoyouevenspin

Originally Posted by Dan (Post 11951787)

May I submit: #brodoyouevenspin

Originally Posted by Geofferson (Post 11951771)

That's saying something since I thought the jacket on Assault is pretty thick. I need to find a way to make it to Amoeba sometime. I follow them on Instagram - looks like a sweet store :up: