Triang record player. Value?

[Puljesh]

Hi
I volunteer for a local charity and have been give a blue Triang child’s record player and 18 records to sell. It works fine and has a spare battery as well. Please could anyone advise how much I could sell this for......honest answers please as this is for charity. Thanks

[Herald1360]

Difficult to say.... a small player that may have been Triang sold on Ebay for £25 recently but wasn't in great condition.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-T...p2047675.l2557

Your best bet would be to offer it on Ebay with a reasonable starting price I reckon.

[GrimJosef]

I'm afraid the honest answer is that it's worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. They're quite rare, so it's not as if we see 20 a year sell and can therefore make a reasonable estimate. I think there's only one in eBay's Completed Listings and that went for £9.99 with just one bidder. If he/she hadn't seen it it might not have sold at all (i.e. it would have been valueless). If two people had been interested who knows how far the more enthusiastic of them would have gone ?

The more people you can reach, the better chance you stand of finding someone who wants to pay top price for it. That means going online. You then have to trade off getting the maximum return against the loss to various commissions and the risk of encountering a crook (you'd hope that risk would be small in this case).

If it was mine I'd put it on eBay with the best possible pictures and a clear report of just how good it is. You might even make a Youtube video and try to link to that. If you can wait a month or two it might make an attractive Christmas present.

Cheers,

GJ

[paulsherwin]

They are mostly bought by vintage toy collectors and don't seem to be particularly sought after. I agree that eBay is probably your best bet.

[AC/HL]

This one perhaps: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ated-513159404

[GrimJosef]

Originally Posted by Herald1360

... a small player that may have been Triang sold on Ebay for £25 recently but wasn't in great condition ...

It seems that one was mains-powered - they claimed they'd cut the mains cable off, but the exit notch for it is visible in the cabinet, close to where the arm is attached to the plinth. I suspect it was less of a toy and more of a 'proper' record player.

Cheers,

GJ