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If you do a spreadsheet, you can insert a link in a column to photos of each item which would help the uninitiated or novice in identification of individual items. Tagging items is useful as well.
In a sense it is like a box of old and valuable gun parts. Most of the value of the parts lies in their identification and labeling. Otherwise, they are scrap unless the person looking sees the value via knowledge of that at which he is looking at.

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If you do a spreadsheet, you can insert a link in a column to photos of each item which would help the uninitiated or novice in identification of individual items. Tagging items is useful as well.
In a sense it is like a box of old and valuable gun parts. Most of the value of the parts lies in their identification and labeling. Otherwise, they are scrap unless the person looking sees the value via knowledge of that at which he is looking at.

That is so true. Here's a typical conversation between my wife and I every time she wanders into my shop:

"Why don't you throw that piece of junk out to make some room?"
"That piece of junk is a Boys anti tank rifle magazine worth $150!"

"Well, why don't you throw this out?"
"That's a Parker Hale micrometer peep sight worth $350!"

"What about that banged up box?"
That banged up box is full of unaltered Brengun magazines worth about $500.00!"

"Surely you can get rid of that stupid rock?"
"That stupid rock is a 2,000 year old projectile from a Roman ballista used during the Jewish revolt in the Holy Land!"

"What about that radio? It doesn't even work!"
"That's a complete Wireless Set No. 19. I sold one a couple of years ago for $1,800!"

"I give up!", she says.

Yes, I need to catalogue everything I've got with pictures lest a fortune gets thrown out when I'm gone.

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That is so true. Here's a typical conversation between my wife and I every time she wanders into my shop:

Not blessed with one of those. My motivation is number one being a good steward of the items I possess and number two, grease the skids to maximize return on "my children" to benefit my nieces and nephews.