Most Expensive Rare Vinyl

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Most expensive rare vinyl.

As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. Amidst the burgeoning vinyl boom nobleoak an australian life insurance company worked with ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide to determine the 50. We ve talked about this before heck we even wrote an article diving into the trend in demand records really are getting more expensive. The 10 most expensive vinyl records ever sold.

Usually records that have a limited number can be worth some thousands and the value can increase depending on how unique it is. Collectors are not only looking for full albums and 12 vinyl. Details like a rare cover a handwritten note or even a serial number have a strong influence on the final price. Here is a list of the most expensive vinyl records ever sold.

The rarest of the rare copies of the beatles debut full length album have sold for around 4 200. 29 000 in 2013 when an oregon based record collector shelled out for a super rare copy of alcohol and jake blues released on the paramount label in 1930. Johnson fetched over 37 000 approx. Both mono and stereo versions are rare and valuable but the stereo version fetches the highest price.

Incredibly buyer john tefteller already owned a copy of the same record but explained that the. When asked to detail what makes a vinyl record particularly valuable ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide said that scarcity condition and the desire of. Here s what they came up with. At an estimated 3 390 per pop the metallic version of everybody s favorite motorcycle riding ghost from hell certainly gets your attention.

Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. These are the very first pressings which feature the band s name in gold lettering on a black label. From rare lps to one off test pressings these are some of the most expensive vinyl records on earth the kind of albums that make plaid clad record collectors and average listeners alike green. We didn t of course and that s because nearly all of the top 100 of the world s most valuable vinyl records are individually cut acetates test pressings pre production not commercially released items that were never formally released or other items that likely would only have been available to record company.