Collecting 101 Grading Your Records Goldmine Magazine Vrog Learn more about record grading, market trends, label timelines at a glance, plus current prices with goldmine. visit the goldmine store — it is a music collector's one stop shop of vinyl, cds, box sets, collectibles, collecting supplies, audio equipment, music history books and goldmine only exclusives. [for recent goldmine exclusives, click. One of the obstacles to the further growth of record collecting is poor grading and a lack of consensus as to what constitutes a “very good plus” or “near mint” record or cover. over the years, the goldmine® grading guide has tried to standardize this. it is now the most widely used guide for the buying and selling of vinyl albums.
Collecting 101 Grading Your Records Goldmine Magazine Record By goldmine staff nov 7, record grading 101: understanding the goldmine grading guide collector resources. collecting 101: grading your records. by goldmine. It can easily be defined as 2 ways. vg should be the next grade below a nm value when grading 45 singles. ex can be used for ep’s. 45 singles have only 2 songs and ep’s (7′ by the way)can have 3, 4, 6 or 8 (seldomly found) songs on the record. with 45 singles one side may be nm and the other side may not. "goldmine magazine" grading scale for record collectors. part of the series: vinyl record collecting tips: grading scale for condition. this grading system i. Why is goldmine grading the standard? the goldmine grading system was originally proposed in the early days of collecting. in 1974 the goldmine magazine first published its grading scale. the goldmine magazine was the largest in the industry, so it naturally became the norm. however, it is still open to interpretation and is not used 100%.
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