I had hundreds from my father's home and called in a collector to see if they were of value. Most are not. If the jacket is perfect or unopened then more value. Because of the volume of records produced they are not scarce. Thus they don't hold value. Often they hold more value to the owner because of memories associated with them rather than the item itself. Be selective, have several collectors look them over and don't feel bad about just getting rid of the "common" low value items. Beatles, excellent condition Elvis and obscure performers in the country, folk and jazz categories do have value. Sometimes the search for the perfect buyer is more time consuming and costly than the sale value of the record. On the other hand I sure learned a lot about the record collecting.
