[Jukebox-list] Grading Records (Was: Happy Thanksgiving)

[Bob E.]

David Breneman wrote:
> --- Nathan Keay <passerby at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130175572977
> 
> Holy Cats!  39 bucks!  I guess I should pull the one out of
> the AMI and sell it!  :-)  I'm not conversant with the grading
> scale that includes "VG".  In my experience, most people who
> put out record auction lists use a variant of this scale
> (from Kurt Nauck):

I think more people use the M (or NM), VG, G, F, P system as found
in Neal Umphred's price guides. Mint, Near Mint, Very Good, Good,
Fair, and Poor (the upper ones modified with + or -).  That's the
system you see most on eBay, too.

--Bob