[78-L] value of a collection for bankruptcy

[David Lennick]

I did an assessment a few years ago for someone who needed his collection 
appraised as part of a divorce settlement. His collection is large and mostly 
classical and jazz, and consisted of good stuff, but we still agreed on a value 
of something like $1.25 per lp and $2 per CD..not based on yard sale prices but 
something between thrift stores and used record dealers around Toronto.

dl

On 1/21/2012 11:49 PM, Eric Goldberg wrote:
> A good friend is facing bankruptcy and his lawyer asked him for the value of everything he owns including his record collection. I told him to place a value of 25 cents per record since that is what the local library sells them for at its library fair. I also told him to value his CD's at $1.00 a disk. I doubt that he could realize even the 25 cent per recordif  he tried to sell them, but he does need to present a value.
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> It is a nice collection of jazz. big band and vocalist LPs that are fairly common to people with good taste. There are no real rarities in mint condition.
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> As a collector, not a dealer, I would appreciate hearing from the pros on the list if this is a reasonable assessment. Remember it is for bankruptcy, not insurance.
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> He has about 700 records and 125 CDs.
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> The least I can do for him is to get him an authoritative assessment.
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> He does not need a list of songs about bankruptcy although I am sure that one will be forthcoming.
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> Thank you
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> Eric Goldberg
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