Record collecting: How to grade your vinyl records 5 Articles

by Zoe Trudeaux

The Goldmine Grading System is the accepted standard used for grading vinyl records. It was developed in the early 70s as a way for sellers and buyers to understand the condition of a record. According to the Record Collec...read more

by Robert Stephenson

The ability to accurately grade the vinyl records in your collection is absolute necessity if you either want to know exactly how much they are worth, or if you are intending to sell any of them in the future. If you misre...read more

by Angela Pollock

Whether you are a collector or you would like to sale those records that are collecting dust in the attic, the grading scale of vinyl records will become an important tool to utilize when describing their condition. Goldm...read more

by Amy Graham

Making the Grade: Collecting Vinyl Today, vinyl records hold 8 tiers of grade Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Very Good Plus, Very Good and Good; Fair/Poor. These grades, decreasing 50% per tier, as dictated by the press...read more

by Joseph Malek

The condition of your record album cover and/or record jacket is just as important as the condition of the record that it contains. You see, the condition of any collectable and antique also is a basis for the determinatio...read more