Music

The Metzee team2 min read

How to sell records on Metzee

The disc matters more than the sleeve, the pressing matters more than the title, and both are camera questions.

buying

Buying records in a live auction

Ask for the tilt. A record held flat to the camera is a record you have not seen.

Pricing records for a live auction

Price the pressing and the grade, not the album. The title is the least informative thing about it.

delivery

Packing and posting records

Records split seams, warp in heat and get punched through at the corners. Three failures, three fixes.

The Metzee team2 min read

How record condition is graded

Mint, near mint, very good plus, very good, good, poor — and the rule that good is not good.

What are your records worth?

The pressing and the disc. The sleeve matters, and it matters less than people think.

Photographing records

Tilt the vinyl into the light. Flat, it shows nothing — which is exactly the problem.

delivery

Delivering records: courier, local or collection

Flat, heavy, and warped by a hot van. The method matters less than the timing.

buying

Questions to ask before bidding on records

Tilt it, show the run-out, and tell me if you played it.

How records are graded

Six rungs, two objects, and the rule that good is not good.

Storing and caring for records

Upright, never stacked, and never anywhere that gets hot. Vinyl remembers.

Starting a record collection

Buy records you want to hear. The pressing matters later; the playing matters now.

Common mistakes selling records

Posting the record inside its sleeve. It splits the seam, and the seam is money.