I apologise if this has been posted in the wrong area, but....

I have a couple of questions relative to the value of my vinyl collection. One concerns establishing & verifying their condition for the purposes of valuation & insurance. The other is how to realise the best price of any that I may wish to sell.

To flesh out my first question, it occurs to me that any record of value should be verified as a genuine article & its condition established so that the value may be estimated. I don’t see the point in an expert valuing each record as the prices fluctuate year on year, the worth generally increasing. Does anybody else agree with that &, if so, know of any trustworthy body that would be willing to certify the condition of my collection?

The second question is self explanatory but I should clarify that I am probably unusual in that, fortunately, I hung on to my records from the 70’s. Some of them I still love to this day whilst others I am unlikely to ever wish to play again.

Can anybody make any (genuine!) suggestions as to how I should proceed, please?

I don't really understand how you can expect someone to value them without valuing each record? No need to involve an 'expert' unless you want to sell to that expert as thats what they will want.  Just get googling.

In the past, when I dealt in records as a job, insurance companies would occasionally pay a fee to verify a collections value from a list provided by their client. Anonymity maintained. Simpler times methinks.

dean