Condition is important for every item. The exception is great age or rarity. The lady who taught me abouting collecting said some people who were filling a collection would buy a damaged item as a shelf piece, and replace it if they found a better example. Mu husband and I collected for over 40 years. As I understood more, I preferred things made before 1920. He bought anything that might be a bargain, and the last 14 years, anything that he might sell on eBay. If we sold something on eBay, by golly, he'd pick up any more of those if he saw them! Our daughters packed our house when he was sick and moved everything back to this house. One of them wondered why we had so many brass apple shaped bells. And laughed hysterically. I knew lol
Anyway, doing the research fills the time, not only during Covid. If I find anything that might have value, I put a note with it. If I solve a mystery, like age or maker or use, I make a note and put it with the item. It doesn't solve all the problems of downsizing, but I hope my family does their best to get the best price they can for things. I haven't tried to have the baseball cards rated. The ones I'm selling are loose or common, so I don't think I'm cheating myself 
I read a few books by George Grozt. He said the most successful antique dealers don't love antiques. I wonder if there really are people out there who see the antiques only as a commodity to be bought and sold? How could they? How could anyone!
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