Value a vinyl collection before you sell it

Most of a shelf is common stock. A few titles carry the money, or the scarcity, or both. Catalogue first so you are not guessing from the spines and the ones you happen to remember.

A guide total is not the price of the collection as a lot. Lots sell for less than the sum of retail asking prices, because a buyer is taking the ordinary records as well as the good ones, and they are taking your time out of the deal.

Selling also needs a true inventory. If wants are mixed into the shelf, you might offer a record you do not own. If sold records stay in the catalogue, the next 'do I own it?' is a lie.

Use notes to mark what you would sell singly, what can go in a box, and what is staying. Scarcest on the shelf is a shortlist for the careful box. Collection value is the broad picture, with the count of how many records actually have a price.

Then price a sale from the copy in front of you and the buyer in front of you. The guide tells you what to look at. It does not set the price on the day.

Get the records into ViniVault, read collection value, and open Scarcest on the shelf. The wishlist can hold upgrades you still want, separate from the records leaving the house.

When a record has gone, remove it or note that it has gone, so the shelf stays true. Export a CSV before anything leaves, so you still have the list.