Record collectors came to Langley for a chance to buy some of the approximately 300,000 records from the closed Krazy Bob’s Emporium record store.
Bob consigned the stock from his Langley City store for sale with Able Auctions which held an auction at its Murrayville location on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
“We had people that spent all day in here looking at all the records, because there were so many,” said Able manager Sam Garandza.
The auction wasn’t for the sale of individual records, although people there for the viewing commented on the hidden gems in the many boxes.
“We sold in group lots,” he explained.
There were so many records that Able Auctions had to divide the stock for two auctions, but the date of the next one has not been finalized yet.
“We have more coming actually,” he said. “This that was just round one. Round two is coming in a couple of weeks.”
Garandza said many people who came to the auction house voiced their thoughts on the loss of Krazy Bob’s.
“There was a lot of people that were sad to see Bob going,” he noted. “So there were people that were purchasing just to get some of the last remnants of his record collections and just to say they bought stuff. And then there were obviously dealers and collectors.”
Garandza himself is a fan of vinyl but because of the sheer volume, couldn’t devote the time to find any treasures.
“I’ve been dealing with him for over 20 years personally,” he said of Bob and his former store. “I do have a record player, and my kids buy me records every year for Christmas and birthdays and stuff like that depending on who I’m listening to. The last record I got was Bob Burnham as a gift from my kids.”
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