I'm thinking about selling some of my collection

[luciddream33]

I haven't been on this board in years, and even back then I didn't post very often. Although the Pumpkins are still unquestionably my favorite band, I am way out of the loop. Anyway, I am currently thinking about unloading a few SP vinyls to help with some expenses. I do not, however, have even the slightest clue what things are worth these days. Right now I am considering selling the following:

Disarm 12" test pressing
1979 Mixes 12" test pressing
Siamese Dream 12" test pressing
Zero 12" Promo

I believe the SD test pressing has some minor damage on one corner of the sleeve, but I don't have in front of me in my apartment to verify (it's about 40 mins away at a family member's house).

Also, I do not plan on putting anything on Ebay or Craigslist. I used to have a lot of fun with this board and would prefer to sell to one of you. So, any estimates as to what these are worth? Thanks for any info you guys can provide me with.

[slunken]

coolasicecream the poster or spfreaks the website could help

[Cool As Ice Cream]

is this what your records look like?
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx...AILS&item=1539 (disarm)
http://www.spfreaks.com/?page=COLLDETAILS&item=3565 (1979 mixes)
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx...AILS&item=1548 (siamese dream)
http://www.spfreaks.com/default.aspx...AILS&item=1095 (zero)

i'm interested in 1979 mixes and siamese dream. so i'm going to estimate them at $10 each. hope you understand.

[luciddream33]

All of those are correct except for the Siamese Dream vinyl. The SD vinyl I have is in a sleeve with the standard album artwork. I'll update with specifics in a day or two when I have the SD vinyl in front of me.

And yes, CAIC, I understand.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

of those items, the zero 12" is the most common. i'd personally estimate it at $40-50.
the disarm WLP follows. fairly common, but rarer than the peel sessions WLP, for example. estimate: $75-ish. $100 maybe.
dunno. it's been a while since i've seen these for sale and paid attention to how much they went for. this is just my idea about the value of these items. might be interesting to get the opinion of someone else on this.

SD and 1979 mixes are definitely rarer. i don't remember ever seeing them for sale, so i don't have any idea how much they're worth, except for some wild guesses.

i've asked an other collector, who recently bought a copy of 1979 mixes. he estimates the 1979 mixes at around $350 (i guess that's what he paid for it) and the siamese dream promo at $250-300. or a bit less. (he remembers the SD promo used to be fairly common, but he hasn't seen any for sale for a while, so he believes a copy might fetch more today than back then. so he increased his estimate to $250-300.)
he also thinks $500 for both is a good deal. although not optimal for the seller, as he believes you could get up to $600-650 for these.
so that's his opinion.

i'm still interested in both, but those prices are a bit too high for me. even $500 for both is much more than what i had in mind. i was more thinking in the region of $300 for both.

another source i just thought of is the old "value guide". this is old, so some of the estimates are out-of-date. but it gives an idea, especially for things you never see for sale.
http://web.archive.org/web/200410241...mrecords.shtml (Siamese Dream WLP: $100-$200, depending on condition, $100 being the estimate for a "good" copy, $200 for "near mint")
http://web.archive.org/web/200412131...e/12inch.shtml (1979 Mixes WLP: $60-$125, from "good" to "near mint"; note that the test pressing is valued higher than the white label promo, but i don't think your copy is a test pressing - same goes for the SD promo)

[Cool As Ice Cream]

so where's that update?
or have you decided to not sell anything in the end?

(bit of extra info: that other collector i asked for his opinion earlier, told me he paid $125 for a copy of SD, but that was a while ago.)

[ciGarski]

nothing like a good tote.