This was several years ago but I took 10 boxes of records to my favorite used record store in LA and sold them as a lot. Selling records individually, unless you have like a dozen or less seems like way more work than it is worth. JMO/YMMV and all that.

Thank you for the responses, it's wild how emotionally attached I am to these records, especially the ones that are still sealed.

I'm still working out on how many records. I do have some boxes that I will just take to the record store and take what they give, not expecting much.

I have a lot of very valuable records. I have a bunch of Classic Records (label) Quiex 200 gram records I've never opened. I have a bunch of them I have opened and played that I don't think I never will play again. They can be from $50 up into the hundreds. I have some of the Classic Records box sets too. I have a few original MoFi UHQR records too.

I think I bought my first record player in 2005 so a lot of the records have been released since then. There are a bunch that are older that I bought or inherited not so worried about those.

Examples
Sublime - 40oz to Freedom sealed copy, same pressings opened are selling for $100+
David Gilmore - Live In Gdańsk box set. There is a copy "missing disk#4" for $175 then the next one is $700.
John Coltrane - One Down, One Up (Live at the Half Note) (classic 200g) Still sealed listed $129 cheapest one is still $112.

I've got a lot of work ahead of me, it's surprising how even thinking about selling records is draining. When I moved my records got all mixed up so I need to go through them and reorganize them, I've been slowly doing that while deciding if it goes in the sell box or on the shelf.

Snowman, most the records I'm looking at selling individually are in VG+ or M- shape. There is the consideration of the value of my time, this is also an emotion sale so I don't mind putting in some extra time even if it's not worth the financial value of my time. The value of a lot of these records I'm going to happily put in the time.

Thanks again. I'm sure I'm going to need some emotional support along the way.

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I hear you. I bought most of my records in the 80s and early 90s when everyone else was dumping their vinyl for digital. And I moved ~2000 LPs 3 times, which was no fun at all. It was hard for me to let go as well. I started by dumpstering hundreds that were in bad shape ("dime sale" records) that weren't worth anything. After that I spent a year or so cutting down the collection and boxing up the records to sell. I still have a few hundred, including all my treasures but I listen to them so infrequently now I've been toying with the idea of selling them off as well.

I'm curious what anyone's experience with Discogs is? I've considered selling stuff there but it seems like there are a lot of people selling "fancy" LPs. I just checked and there are 132 copies of the (first) MFSL Dark Side of the Moon, and over 300 of my super nice 200g CBS/Sony Toto IV.  It just seems a lot like ebay at this point and I stopped selling (photography and audio gear) there 10+ years ago after a couple very bad experiences.

My recommendation to anyone collecting, especially high end and sought after pressings like you have, is to catalog everything in Discogs. Importantly, take care to be accurate with the pressing and condition and any notes you may want to include like pressing number if limited or that its play graded and perhaps details of condition, etc. It’s laborious especially with older pressings that you have to go through the dead wax to find the pressing, confirm accurate labels to the photos, etc (scanning bar codes can be easier, but may also have multiple results to choose from), but I think is very worthwhile, even if you’re not selling. This has helped me when I've gone to the record store to avoid getting something I already have a copy of, gives a good indication of value, for insuring purposes or selling purposes and makes it easier if someone else ends up having to sell my collection. I have a lot of similar type records (AP, MoFi, One Step/UHQR and other audiophile releases) I have collected over the years and now make it a habit to clean, sleeve and catalog all records I purchase, before they go on the shelf. It seems daunting, but if you take an hour here and there while you're listening to music, etc, you'll get through it. I have a buddy who paid me to organize about 1200 of his records alphabetically. I did so over a weekend. Once organized he spent a couple of months over his free time and got them all updated on Discogs, so it’s doable.

I’ve started filling creates with stuff I’ll want to sell, as well. Once I'm ready, it will be much easier to go through each listing and convert to for sale and I’ll already have all the info of condition and any notes to include with the listing.

I agree that you should have proper mailers and cardboard/bubble wrap filler to securely package the records, to avoid them moving around in the mailer. if you have higher dollar stuff, sleeve the records in poly lined or rice paper sleeves and pack outside of the jacket to avoid seam splits to the jacket. If you have a bunch of old records that can otherwise be tossed or given away, they make good filler too, if you need and perhaps a nice little bonus for the buyer. Ship purchases promptly. All goes to helping keep solid seller rating and increase odds for buyers to purchase from you than other listings.

I agree with Sean to post the “good ones” here first. You can actually make your Discogs collection shareable so people who have access to the link can view and perhaps work out purchases with you, before you sell randomly.

Thank you guys for the thoughtful responses.

I really wish I had started adding my records to Discogs 2 decades ago!

I’m slowly adding records to discogs and at the same time categorizing them. I will share the list here before selling on discogs.

There are a lot of options for record mailers from $0.79 to $3+ !!!

Right now my brother can take care of the gear, he is in the dark about records though, more motivation to get them all cataloged.

I’m not sure how to share a selected folder from discogs I’m started a folder of records I’m considering selling, if I could share that it would be great! I’m guessing they don’t want to do that for this very reason.