Monday, June 2, 2025
Time: 8:15 PM
Song: Crazy
Artist: Patsy Cline
Mode of Consumption:
Listening to Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits CD while cleaning vinyl albums in the basement.
I am working through the second box of records that I bought at an auction at the beginning of the month. This is the batch of records that I sorted through, and I’ve designated as likely being $1 records.
It’s a mix of very old country. Hank Snow. Jim Reeves. Ferlin Husky. Eddy Arnold. If you find the right person, they’ll love it, but that person can be tough to find.
A few years ago, I did sell an entire box of country records to a gentleman that ran a YouTube radio station where he essentially played old country albums like this.
There are also three albums by a country comedian named Jerry Clower. The first album I looked at the first track and it included the words “coon” and “feminism.” He seemed to market his brand of comedy as “Clower Power.” I thought, boy, this could be some deep redneck stuff.
Then the next album of Jerry Clower included an actual racoon on the cover, and I thought, well maybe he is talking about animals and not being racist. I didn’t listen, so the jury is still out.
I did think I might be able to put a collection of comedy albums on Marketplace to sell. I must dump some inventory; I just have too much right now.
This latest buy is 137 albums. I estimate I have somewhere around 600 or 700 albums in the sale pile.
Am I crazy? I am spending my few free hours cleaning these. I’ll need to spend time pricing the ones worth more.
We paid $15 for this lot. I hope to make over $100 on all of it. Closer to $200 if things go real well.
Yeah, I’m crazy.
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