ViniVault/Organising
Catalogue vinyl box sets
A box set is one object with several records inside. Catalogue it as the set you own, and note how many discs it contains.
One set, one entry
Splitting every disc into its own album makes the shelf harder to trust. You own the box, not five separate purchases, and a value counted five times would be nonsense.
Write the disc count, and mention a missing booklet, a poster, or a disc that was never in the box. That is what you will forget, and it is what a buyer or an insurer will ask.
Similar editions share artwork. A photo of the box, and a note of the catalogue number, is how you tell a later reissue from the set you actually have.
One object, described properly
Search for the set title and save the copy that matches the box in your hand. If the search only offers the albums separately, add the set by hand and use the title printed on the box.
If you also own one of those albums as a single LP, that is a second row. The box and the separate album are different objects. The box alone is one.
How this works in ViniVault
Save the set as one record, put the disc count in the notes, and upload a photo if the saved sleeve does not show the edition. Condition can mention a split corner on the box rather than a grade for every disc.
If you type a price, that price is for the set. Leave it blank if you want a market guide, and remember the guide may be for a different edition unless you picked that pressing.
Questions
- What if one disc is missing?
- Keep the set as one record and say so in the notes. Do not delete the whole set, and do not pretend the disc is there.
- Should every record inside the box have its own value?
- No. Value the set you own. Splitting it invents records that were not bought separately.