Record collection sales addvice


I have been considering selling me record collection and down sizing as I approach retirement. I'm not interested in selling individualy or piecemeal. So as a potential buyer of a 2000 record, record collection what information would you want to know other then the name of the albums. should I list all the albums, condition of each individual, pressing numbers, pictures of each, etc? the more information I know will glean better response but I have to think of the time involved in cataloging every individual record. so what is the minimum you'd want to know? I would obviously include the pressing numbers for rare or potentially collectable records.
glennewdick

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I would want to know collection composition by genre (20% classical; 30% jazz etc) and the overall condition of the collection as a whole (mostly NM/NM?). What do you consider the 100 blockbusters in the collection, if any? Regarding those 100, I would want everything you listed above--details and pictures. Then a comparison of the rest of the collection to those 100 (ie, most of my collection is similar to these 100, or 50% of my collection is like these 100, or nothing else is close to these 100). Once you have that info, IMO you have provided enough information for someone who is serious to determine whether your collection is interesting enough to wade through your 2000 records. @folkfreak's discogs idea is a great one--but the values will get distorted due to the point @tpreaves makes above. If you have a great collection, you might garner a nice check, but it likely will pale in comparison to what you invested in the collection one record at a time.
I hope it goes well for you.
Peace
Al