
Vintage Most Wanted has a private warehouse located in El Paso, Texas right on the Border of Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua Mexico. We acquire vintage items directly from collectors and estate buyouts. We are currently processing a very large record collection that consists of about. 50,000 -45RPM records, 175,000 -LP's, and 7,000 -78RPM's from all music genres! Wanted old record collections in Texas or New Mexico, I will travel for large collections.
WE USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM. Absolutely perfect in every way. Never been played and usually sealed.
The record has been on a shelf between other records. The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. There are no marks on the vinyl and the whole package is complete. A few further faults are acceptable, but nothing that really compromises the record visually or audibly. A little rub, light inaudible marks, a little background crackle. It's seen a bit of life, but is still usable. Light pops and clicks, an edge split, light visible scratches. You can still listen to it and enjoy looking at it, but it is visually and audibly USED. A record in Good condition can be played through without skipping. But it will have significant surface noise, scratches, and visible groove wear. A cover or sleeve will have seam splits, especially at the bottom or on the spine.Tape, writing, ring wear, or other defects will be present. / Fair (F) Attempting to listen will be a disturbing experience. Expect major noise issues, skipping or repeating. The record itself is cracked, badly warped and has deep scratches. The cover is also approaching death.
Very minor signs of wear or cover impressions. Artwork is as close to new as possible. Clean but may have writing or marks and will show some wear. There may be ring wear, where the disc has created a raised area on the cover that resulted in the ink wearing off the paper. There may be discoloration or staining, seam wear, and/or minor splits or tears (nothing over 1 inch), or indentations in the sleeve. Corners can have creases or fraying and bumps, and spine may have wear.Cover is worn and used. Seams may be starting to split or may have been unobtrusively repaired with clear tape. I use special archival-quality, non-yellowing, clear tape for all repairs. There is moderate ring-wear, but the artwork is still attractive.
There may be yellowing or discoloration and there may be larger writing, labels, or marks. Corners may have damage or creases and there may be scratches or gouges that otherwise damage the artwork. Might have light water damage. Has significant ring wear, heavy writing, or obvious damage caused by someone trying to remove tape or stickers and failing miserably.Has seam splits obvious on sight. Could have water damage or peeling of the cover.