Luke looked up the band name and songs online.

The quarrymen are the predecessors of "The Beatles".

That’ll Be The Day is the only album the band has released.

This album has a very small circulation and has a high collection value.

In 2012, a professional record magazine valued it at US$250,000.

Although Luke rarely listened to music, the Beatles were so famous that it was difficult for him not to know.

The band has been hailed as 'one of the greatest, most influential, and most successful bands in the history of pop music'.

Luke's focus now is not on the band itself, but on the value of this record.

It was already valued at US$250,000 ten years ago. Doubling it is not too much. It can still be worth US$500,000.

Luke was a little excited, but not so excited that he couldn't sleep.

He knew that this was probably a monetization opportunity provided by the system. Otherwise, how could such a good thing happen? He spent $500 on a record player and got a record worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the included record box.

What Luke has to do now is to find out the specific market price of this record and sell it for as high a price as possible.

…

The next day.

Luke woke up, he was full of energy and seemed to have endless energy.

In the morning, he planned to actually understand the valuation of this out-of-print record.

As for his own collection, Luke has no such idea and is not that elegant.

What's more important is that Luke still has to go to work. He can't take the record with him to work. He doesn't feel safe leaving the record at home.

So, it's better to just sell it.

Luke also knows that the price of collectible records like this is often not fixed.

If you meet a wealthy enthusiast, he will be willing to buy it for $500,000, not to mention $250,000.

It is very important to find a suitable customer. If you want to sell at a higher price, you must inquire from many sources.

Luke planned to go to three places to inquire. The first place was an antique store, the second place was a store specializing in selling records, and the third place was an auction house.

Among them, Luke has the greatest expectations for the auction house.

The first place Luke went to was still an antique store, but this time it was on a different street and in a different place. He would not be stupid enough to go to an antique store where he bought records. Wouldn't that be nothing to do?

There is more than one antique street in Los Angeles. This antique street is closer to the city center. Luke chose a larger store called Strange House.

As soon as he entered the door, a Latin beauty greeted Luke, "Sir, what collectibles do you want to buy?"

"I'm not buying, but I have something to sell. Is your boss here?"

The Latin girl asked, "What do you want to sell?"

"A record that is out of print."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

After a while, a black man in his thirties came from the back of the store, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and said, "Sir, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Luke asked, "Are you the owner?"

"Yes."

"Do you have the final say on the price of the purchased items?"

"Of course, I heard that you want to sell an out-of-print vinyl record?"

"Yes."

"What band?"

"the quarrymen."

The black man was a little surprised, "The predecessor of The Beatles?"

"That's right."

“That song from That’ll Be The Day?”

"Yes."

"How much do you want to sell?"

"$700,000."

The black man shook his head, "You are simply crazy. Although that record album is precious, it is far from reaching this price."

"You asked me? I'm free to ask for a price." Luke asked, "Are you interested in buying it?"

"Of course, but your asking price is too high. Don't say I can't pay it, and no one else can pay it either.

Rich people are not fools."

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

"$300,000."

"Your antique shop is not the only one on this street."

"$350,000."

"It seems you don't like this out-of-print record very much." Luke turned to leave.

"Four hundred thousand dollars, this is the highest price. No one can pay more than me."

"That's not necessarily true." Luke continued to walk out, and then he asked a family, but he didn't want to sell it so easily.

Seeing that Luke was determined to go, the black shop owner said, "Sir, what is your name? Can you give me your contact information? I will discuss it with the other partners later. If they agree, we can continue to increase the price."

"Okay. Thank you." Luke told the other party his mobile phone number.

Afterwards, Luke went to a record store.

The owner of the record store liked this out-of-print record very much, and after some bargaining, the other party offered it $450,000.

Finally, Luke went to another auction house, Carlisle Auction House.

The auction industry in the United States is also very developed. After learning about Luke's intention, the manager of the auction house personally received Luke.

There are professional appraisers who are responsible for appraising and evaluating the price of vinyl records.

Finally, an auction price range of between US$500,000 and US$700,000 was given.

The auction house gives the highest estimate, but charges a 10% commission.

This was a big deal, and Luke didn't decide right away.

He returned home, took his record player, and drove to Robert's birthday party.

Ten minutes later, a black Honda car parked not far from Luke's house opened the door, and a black man got out of the car. Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly ran to Luke's house.

The black man took out tools from his pocket, quickly opened the door lock of Luke's house, and sneaked into the house quietly.

The black man put on gloves and foot gloves and rummaged around the house, seemingly looking for something.

He was very fast and professional and searched the entire house.

Unfortunately, he didn't seem to find what he wanted.

Just when he was about to leave, he suddenly found a black-haired young man in the living room, "Fuck! You scared me to death!"

"What are you doing in my house, you idiot?"

The black-haired young man is Luke.

After Luke gave the record player to Robert, he did not attend the party and returned home directly.

As for the reason for returning home, it's not that Luke discovered the problem, but that he relied on his intuition from many years as a police officer.

He had just acquired an out-of-print record worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Just like keeping hundreds of thousands of dollars with him, he would inevitably be targeted by interested people. He must not be careless at this time.

Although the police are his protectors, there is always a shortage of profit-seeking people in the world, so there is no harm in being more cautious.

When Luke returned home, he discovered the problem and blocked the thief.

When the black man saw Luke pointing the gun at him, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Sir, I have no weapons and I am not a threat to you. Please don't shoot."

"What are you doing at my house?"

"I'm just hungry and wanted to come to your house to find something to eat.

Sorry, I know what I did was wrong, you can call the police and arrest me."

"Are you here to steal that out-of-print vinyl record? How did you know about this? Who ordered you here?"

"I don't know what you are talking about? I was just hungry and came to your house to find something to eat. I don't know anything about vinyl records."

"I hate people who lie the most."

"I told you, you can call the police."
To be continued...