Should I delete records after I sell them?

Remove them, or note that they have gone, so 'do I own it?' stays true. Export the list first if you want a record of what left.

Should I ask the guide total for the whole lot?

No. Use the total to see the shelf, and use the scarce records as the careful box. A lot usually sells for less than the sum of the guide.

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Catalogue a collection before you downsize it

Downsizing is calmer when you know what you are letting go. A catalogue shows the shelf before any box leaves the house.

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List first, then decide

Mark keeps and maybes in the notes. Do not sell from a pile you have not named. A box of 'probably ordinary' records is where people give away the one they would have kept, because nobody read the label.

Value is a guide for which boxes to open carefully. It is not the price of a house-clearance lot. Lots sell for less than the sum of asking prices. Scarcest on the shelf is the shortlist. The total is the broad picture, and only for the records that have a price.

Catalogue before anything leaves. A list made afterwards is a list of what you think you remember, which is a poor list to argue from.

Before a box goes out of the door

Export a CSV from Account and keep it. The file is the shelf as it was, including notes and the prices you typed. Once a record has gone, remove it or note that it has gone, so 'do I own it?' stays true and you do not insure a gap.

Wants are not part of this decision. The wishlist is what you are still hunting, not what you are selling. Leave it out of the pile, and leave it out of the value.

How this works in ViniVault

Get the records into ViniVault, note the ones that stay, and look at collection value and Scarcest on the shelf. Price a real sale from the copy and the buyer. The guide tells you what to look at.

If the shelf is larger than 100 records, Pro at £1.99 a month is what lets the rest of it into the account before you start deciding. A partial catalogue is a partial decision.

Questions

Should I delete records after I sell them?: Remove them, or note that they have gone, so 'do I own it?' stays true. Export the list first if you want a record of what left.
Should I ask the guide total for the whole lot?: No. Use the total to see the shelf, and use the scarce records as the careful box. A lot usually sells for less than the sum of the guide.