List Most Rare Vinyl Records

Thousands of records are sold every day and new high prices are established all the time.

List most rare vinyl records.

While most records are pressed from black vinyl sometimes other colors are used. The fact that regular top 30 most expensive items sold lists are non discriminative towards different media is my favorite feature. Those old vinyl records could be worth a fortune. 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.

Since we last compiled this list in december 2004 some of the big guns in the top ten have retained their positions but elsewhere. As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. A copy of nirvana s 1989 studio debut won t pay off your mortgage and most vinyl editions won t even cover your cable subscription but. Is it possible to post a similar list for other formats beyond vinyl.

No list of the most valuable vinyl records can be either complete or definitive. Here they are the 250 most sought after records in the uk with values ranging from 500 to almost infinity. As we mentioned earlier the true examples of the most valuable vinyl records are odd one of a kind items that likely come from the collection of either the artists. On rare occasions a special process is used to create a picture disc which has a photograph or other graphics actually embedded in the record s playing surface.

Here s what they came up with. As a general rule the rarer the record more valuable it is you may have some treasure buried in your garage. Brought back from the verge of extinction vinyl record sales are booming due to a renewed interest among younger generations. The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records data is sourced from record collector ebay popsike the jerry osborne record price guides and other sources.

Colored vinyl and picture discs. For instance an overall value of all 100 records in 2010 and today s list. Extracted from our just published rare record price guide 2008 the ultimate collector s bible these are the ones that we dream of finding.