Yard Sale dissapointments - When a Garage Sale is a bust.

July 4th weekend isn't known for great sales, and this one was no exception. I went to EstateSales.net (check it out if you haven't before) and found there were ZERO estate sales in the Metro Area. Not a single one!  I had two hours free on Sunday, and decided to head to craigslist for some end of day Garage Sale deals. Instead I found three sales that had already packed up before their end times. Each house I drove to was another sad waste of time. I finally made it to one sale that was open, but the items of interest were pretty sparse. It wa mostly car parts, but I did find two records that were decent.

At 50 cents apiece, you can't go wrong with a Disney Christmas record and "The Jazz Singer." 

The Disney record was in great shape, and was stored nicely, and looked like it hadn't even been played.

When I played it at home, I found out why: The songs are performed by Larry Groce, and doesn't contain a single Disney reference in the actual music. Nothing against Mr. Groce, but my daughter was bored 2 songs in. 

I'm surprised it's sold for anything, but when searching eBay's sold listings, it's sold between $2 and $10. I thought I was buying it to add to the Christmas collection, but it seems like I'll be posting it instead. 

I grabbed "The Jazz Singer" for the same reason as the Chrismtas album, I figured I'd add it to my own small record collection. As it turns out, this one is also worth some money, and in great shape. Also stored properly, and in Near Mint condition. 

I've never really sold records much before, mainly because I don't know much about them. 

It looks like this one sells for about $10-$25, which surprised me. I figured a lot of top selling albums wouldn't be worth much, and that the resale market would be flooded. It turns out that just like comics, condition is everything. 

Even though I spent 45 minutes driving between Yard Sales that didn't exist, I did walk away with 2 records. In total, I spent $1, with a potential profit of $12-$35. Still not the best day out shopping, but it could be worse.