I am looking for information before i consider selling...

[fritz5089]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully give me a real and honest answer and helpful information instead of just knock the equipment itself. I have a good bit of old or vintage stereo equipment passed down to me from my father from when he was my age, 25. I currently use this equipment in my home as my surround sound system. I just would like to know the honest value of the items I have if i were to consider selling this equipment for someone to add to there vintage setup/collection. As well as if it would be better to sell in partial sets or as one big set. I will list the equipment below and all of the equipment is in excellent condition. Yes they have minimal normal wear and tear but they are in no way shape or for "beaten up" nor "tattered". If I were to see these same items in a store and wanted them for my personal collection in their current condition I would pay top dollar for them. So here are all the items in question:

1 Technic Tuner/Mixer Model # SA-351

1 Technic Turntable Model # SLQ-351

1 Technic 3-way Speaker SET Model # SB-K915

1 Technic 3-way Speaker SET Model # SB-K25

1 JVC Double Cassette Deck Model # TS-W207

1 Realistic Double Cassette Deck Model # SCT-74

This is my collection so far, like I said these were all handed down to me by my father. So please any information as to the value of these components SEPARATELY or as a SET is appreciated. Thank you.

 

[ReUpRo]

It would be tough to estimate the equipment sight unseen and most people are not experts on vintage gear. Using online marketplaces like Craigslist, eBay, Audiogon, Canuk Audio Mart, try to find what others are selling them for.

Another option is to find a vintage stereo store near you and have them evaluate the condition and price the gear.

If I were buying vintage gear, the cosmetic condition would be important, but, I'd be more interested in the condition of internal electronic like solder joints, tubes, caps, pots, and hardware like drives, belts, relays, VU meters, etc. IMHO, take everything to a vintage stereo specialist and have it checked out. Just saying that everything was recently inspected by a specialist will help demand top dollar.

 

[fritz5089]

The physical condition of the equipment is excellent, and I currently use all of the equipment and the **** rocks. No crackling or humming sounds. The set will rattle a house pretty hard if i crank it up. But when i looked on eBay some people were selling **** for like $15-$40 and i know that isn't right. I could find some info on the prices from back in the day and it was expensive for back then, so I cant believe that the depreciated in value when it is a collectible item. I hunted around for hours doing as much research as possible, that's why I posted here. Hoping I would have someone who knows the true values and is a collector or deals with these items a lot.

 

[Rickster71]

The pricing on what you have is based on what someone is willing to pay; for the most part that's based on nostalgia.
You may find a person that owned the same equipment in their younger days.
I wouldn't go to any expense to have it checked out.
Do a search, look on EBay, see what they are going for.

It may be worth it to keep as a spare office, or garage set up.

Just to give you an idea, as far as grading the condition.
Excellent condition, and Normal wear are opposites.
A unit that's rated 9 or 10 won't have any visible wear.

 

[ReUpRo]

But when i looked on eBay some people were selling **** for like $15-$40 and i know that isn't right. I could find some info on the prices from back in the day and it was expensive for back then, so I cant believe that the depreciated in value when it is a collectible item.

You need to look at the situation objectively. Your estimation of the value is not commensurate with the market.

At this point I'd recommend that you just put the gear up for sale at the price you want. If someone bites, you have your sale, if not, lower the price till it sells.

 

[slipperybidness]

The physical condition of the equipment is excellent, and I currently use all of the equipment and the **** rocks. No crackling or humming sounds. The set will rattle a house pretty hard if i crank it up. But when i looked on eBay some people were selling **** for like $15-$40 and i know that isn't right. I could find some info on the prices from back in the day and it was expensive for back then, so I cant believe that the depreciated in value when it is a collectible item. I hunted around for hours doing as much research as possible, that's why I posted here. Hoping I would have someone who knows the true values and is a collector or deals with these items a lot.

The "true value" of any equipment is always what someone is willing to pay for it. If nobody will pay it, then that isn't the "true value". Demand drives the price!

I don't know much about this specific equipment though.

One other thing to mention, just because it is visually excellent, you don't know what the inside looks like. Is it dusty, that is normal on old equipment. More importantly, have any caps blown? That is something that you might not know if the caps blew on a part of the circuit that you aren't using but a potential buyer might. That is one of the biggest risks on old gear.

That is why someone suggested to take it to a service guy to check it out. You might find that the cost of getting it checked is around the price of the gear itself.

My advice:
If you can't get what you think is a fair price for it, then use it for yourself or gift it to a younger relative.

 

[j_garcia]

There are some things that were "top dollar" in their day, but that does not always translate to the same thing today. "Collectible" is in the eye of the beholder unless the unit is a highly sought after unit. In this case, looking at these items, I don't see anything that would set them apart as desirable vintage items aside from nostalgia as mentioned by Rickster, so I wouldn't expect to get a ton of cash for them.

 

[walter duque]

I would keep everything just for your fathers sake. Time goes by faster then you think.

 

[fritz5089]

I have never taken the equipment apart mostly for fear or damaging or ruining the equipment and or its value. I personally don't know about said "caps". I know that all of the equipment works and with out any issues, so i risk the assumption that nothing has blown. But thank you all for the information.

 

[TLS Guy]

I have never taken the equipment apart mostly for fear or damaging or ruining the equipment and or its value. I personally don't know about said "caps". I know that all of the equipment works and with out any issues, so i risk the assumption that nothing has blown. But thank you all for the information.

Nothing on that equipment list is highly collectible or sought after. That equipment list would fetch very little, as none of it is in the classy category.

The Technics SA-351 is a particularly miserable 80s unit with nasty chip power amps. None have sold on eBay that I can tell, probably because few are working. I did get a valuation from AudioKarma of one being bought for $45. That sounds about right.

The turntable is probably the most valuable. I can't find one like yours, but other models in that range are going from $50 to $125.

Those Japanese 3 way speakers were never acclaimed, they play loud, but that is all that can be said for them. On eBay those types of speakers go for $100 to $125 per pair.

The only cassette decks sought after are the high end three head three motor machines, for archiving. Those two head single motor units are virtually worthless. I will value the JVC at $75 and the Realistic at $35.

I see a collection similar to yours less speakers and with one dual well cassette deck failed to sell for $150 the lot.

If you tried to sell the lot I doubt you would get $400. I think as a group you would be lucky to get $200. You will do better selling them individually.

Older mass produced stuff sells for very little. Highly prized vintage units go for a small fortune. All your units miss that category by miles, sorry.