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COLLECTIBLES

Consignment and brokerage for collectors and dealers. Comics, stamps, postcards and records. We find the buyer, handle the deal, and you keep the item until it sells.

Consign or ask → We own no inventory. Everything is yours until it sells.

How the brokerage works

You have something worth selling, or something you are hunting. We run the side you do not have time for: pricing against real completed sales, presenting it to the buyers on our book, handling the negotiation, and standing behind the deal to the end.

ConsignmentYour item stays with you until it sells. We market it to our buyer network and handle every step of the sale.
Buyer matchingTell us what you are hunting: key comics, covers, stamps, postcards, records. When it surfaces, you hear about it first.
Dealers and estatesClosing a shop, settling an estate, or moving volume quietly: we take whole runs and collections and place them, buyer by buyer.

The deal you can check

Collectibles trading runs on trust, so we run it on proof: listings backed by expert review, payment held until the item is delivered and inspected, and completed-sale price records you can see before you commit.

Verified before it listsAuthenticity and condition reviewed before an item is offered. What we say it is, it is.
Money held until it landsPayment sits in escrow until the item is delivered and inspected. Nobody is left holding the bag.
Real price recordsCompleted-sale prices, not asking prices, so both sides know what a piece actually sells for.

Four verticals, one book

Comics, stamps, postcards and records. One roster of sellers and one roster of buyers, matched by category and price range. If you buy in one and sell in another, that is the point of a book.

Meeting us at a record show

Bring the records, we grade them at the table, and you are paid before you walk away.

What to bringThe records, in whatever shape the boxes are in. Original sleeves and inserts help the price but are not required. If you remember what you paid, bring that too; otherwise just bring the records.
How grading worksGraded on the standard Goldmine scale, record and sleeve separately, and the lower grade sets the price. Every offer comes with its grade and the completed-sale prices behind it, so you can check the number before you decide.
Same-day paymentSay yes to an offer and you are paid the same day, before you leave the table. No waiting and no consignment delay on show-day buys.

Sell your records in 3 steps

The whole sale is three steps, whether you have ten records or ten boxes.

1. Send your list or photosEmail a list of what you have, or just take photos of the records and sleeves in the boxes. Phone photos are fine.
2. Free appraisalWe grade and price against completed-sale records, and send you the numbers. No fee and no obligation at this step.
3. Get paidPaid on the spot at pickup or a record show, or on consignment for the pieces worth holding out for top dollar.

What we are hunting this month

The buying list for November. Updated monthly, and we pay for these on the spot.

Jazz, first pressingsBlue Note, Prestige, Riverside and Impulse originals from the 1950s and 1960s. Deep groove and ear marks welcome.
Rock 1964-1975Original US and UK pressings of the big 1960s and 1970s rock records. Mono pressings especially.
Soul and funk 45sRegional and national soul, funk and Northern Soul 45s. Sealed or well-kept copies preferred.
Boxed sets and sealed LPsClassical box sets, sealed vinyl of any era, and complete series runs. Sealed still in shrink brings the top price.

Condition grading, in plain terms

We grade on the standard Goldmine scale, record and sleeve separately, and the lower grade sets the price.

VGWell-loved. Plays through with surface noise behind the music; the sleeve shows ring wear or shelf wear but is intact.
NMNear mint. Looks close to new, plays clean with little or no noise; the sleeve is sharp with minimal wear.
MMint. Factory sealed or unplayed. These are priced against completed-sale records of the same pressing.

Selling an estate collection

Whole collections and estate buys are handled the same way: one free appraisal, one clear number, no fee to you.

EraTell us roughly when and where the collection was built. A 1960s DJ estate and a 1990s thrift hunter price differently.
QuantityA rough count is enough. Ten records or forty boxes both work; we scale the visit to the size.
Condition, in your wordsHow they were stored, and whether sleeves are intact. Honest is fine; we grade at the table.
PhotosPhotos of a sample of spines and a few open sleeves give us a real starting number before we visit.

Consign or ask about a piece

Tell us what you have or what you are hunting, and the category. We answer by email with what we can do and what it costs.

Prefer email? info@armsteadbusinessconsulting.com