ViniVault/Value
What a record collection is worth
Add up the records that have a price, and show how many still have none. That is a clearer total than one round number from memory.
Count copies, not nostalgia
Famous albums in common pressings are often worth less than people expect. Odd singles and original pressings are often worth a closer look. A total that treats every spine as a treasure will disappoint you, and a total that ignores the odd singles will understate the shelf.
The line under the total matters. A sum that covers 30 of 80 records is a partial sum, and it should look like one. It is not the value of the 50 that have no price yet.
Nostalgia is not a column. The catalogue can hold the story in a note. The value is a number with a method: your typed price, then a middle Discogs asking price, then recent eBay sales if Discogs has nothing usable.
Honest gaps
Some records are still being priced. Some have nothing listed that the guide will keep. Either way they stay out until a figure exists. Type a price if you want them in the total on your terms.
Leave Statistics open while the first run of prices is still arriving. The total moves as figures come in. A typed price does not move with the market, because you set it.
How this works in ViniVault
Statistics shows the total and the count of records included. The wishlist is not in that count. Scarcest on the shelf is the separate clue for pressings with few known copies.
Read the result as a collector's guide. A shop, an insurer, or a buyer of the whole lot may offer something else, for reasons of their own.
Questions
- Why are some records left out?
- They are still being priced, or neither Discogs nor eBay had a usable price. A typed price puts that record back in the total.
- Does the total include records I want but do not own?
- No. Only records on the shelf are counted. The wishlist stays separate.