The 4 Best Record Inner Sleeves

While the inner sleeve is the most important for the actual vinyl record, you must protect the valuable artwork on the outer cardboard album jacket with an outer poly sleeve. If you don’t, you will quickly get scratches and scuff marks or even tears on that beautiful artwork.

If so, YES. It’s a crucial part of record care; keeps the record “locked” into your sleeve and dust-free; also reduces friction pulling the record out of the sleeve.

• Diskeeper 2.0 Antistatic Record Sleeves.
• Diskeeper 1.5 Round Bottom Sleeves.
• Polylined Paper Sleeves.
• Mobile Fidelity Master Sleeves.

Use a stiff-walled EZ fold mailer. A cut out wrap (COW) is also a good choice, provided it’s thin enough inside to keep vinyl records in place. Use bubble cushion or foam sheets. They’ll press against the vinyl record softly while protecting it against bumps and damage from the outside.

As an example, the price for using USPS Media Mail starts at $2.63, and this has a weight limit of 70lbs. A 10lb shipment – approximately 15 records – could be around $7.

After that, I’ll go over what you need to know to get the most money for the albums.

1. Record/Music Stores. One of the best (and fastest) ways to sell your vinyl records is by bringing them to record or music stores near you.
2. eBay.
3. Discogs.
4. Flea Markets.
5. Used Bookstores.
6. CDandLP.com.

To determine the value of your record, you must first identify it. Start by looking for a Catalog Number on your record, which is often found on the album sleeve or pressed on the inner ring of the vinyl itself. Next, search for a barcode number.

How to Dispose of Old Vinyl Records

1. Sell old vinyl records on eBay.
2. Sell records at a garage sale or flea market.
3. Place a classified ad in your local paper or in your local area of Craigslist.
4. Call your local library and see if they accept donations of vinyl records.

If you have old 78s you’d like to donate, the Great 78 Project will accept your old 78 records and digitize them to post online. But reading their FAQs, it does not appear they will ship those old records back to you.

If you haven’t been able to find any vinyl record recyclers or people that want them either, then it’s probably time to just throw your vinyl records in the trash, and that’s okay. You can still recycle the cardboard sleeves if you feel guilty about not recycling your vinyl.

If you want to SELL YOUR OLD 78s and have a COLLECTION or ACCUMULATION of VINTAGE 78 RPM RECORDS from your ATTIC, or BASEMENT, from AUCTIONS or the inside of your OLD VICTROLA, from your PARENTS or GRANDPARENTS and want GREAT PRICES for them, you’ve come to the right place.

Tefteller said in a phone interview. He said that on average a rare jazz 78 might sell for $1,500 to $5,000, whereas sales for a comparable blues record would start at $5,000. Tefteller, 50, is one of the world’s most prolific collectors of Paramount blues.