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All of the Library of Congress ones were Government property and were supposed to be returned when no longer needed or when a newer model was issued. I recall a friend who had one of the last record players issued tried to return his machine once records were discontinued and they told him to keep it because they already had a mountain of them in their way. On ebay, I still see record players and even the newer cassette players and digital players for sale. Technically, it's illegal to sell any of this stuff and they can come after you if they so desire. As far as these old record players, I don't think they'd say too much about anyone owning one (since the format is no longer in use); but, I don't think they'd be too happy if they caught people trying to sell them.
I have one of the 8 rpm machines from the mid '60's that I got from a friend who has connections with the state talking book library and the library gave him the record player in the first place. He said he just happened to be at the right place at the right time because they would have been recycled had he not got them. AFAIK, most of the records and record players that our state TB library had ended up getting recycled.
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