I find it fun to see what records appreciate in value and which ones make me feel silly about the price I paid. What are the priciest of yours? Do you have proof it sells for as much as you think?
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 04:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
Used or new? Box sets?
― the late great, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 04:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, anything. As far as what it is now worth. I guess ignore your largest list price, instead its resell value.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm not sure yet what my priciest record would be, but I just noticed as I pointed out in the Air France thread that my vinyl copy of No Way Down/Trade Winds sold for $132. I wasn't expecting that high, really.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
Um not my copy, sorry.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
That sold... Full sentences in the morning...
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
If you go by the guide, I think this one:
But my copy of End of the Century is signed by everyone (Marky, not Tommy), so more likely that.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
i have a couple ambient CDs that i've seen go for $100 each on ebay, not sure that's that big of a deal
― the late great, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 05:51 (7 months ago) Permalink
riptides debut 45
― linalooool (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 06:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
I have no idea. I doubt anything is that expensive. Most I paid was £36 for a single album for Zaireeka but that's cos it's a 4CD set, not because its rare.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 07:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
unopened copy of Fucked Up Inside by Spiritualized on 12" vinyl
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 07:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
I mean, I found that in a bargain bin at a street fair in 1994 & paid next to nothing for it, but it is worth quite a bit.
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 07:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
I paid $300 for an FMP box set a couple of years ago. That was list price.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 07:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
£80 for an original copy of 'Laughing Stock' by Talk Talk on vinyl. This was before the reissues unfortunately.
― Internet Alan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 12:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 3:05 AM (6 hours ago)
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/search?q=fucked+up+inside&search-button=
Strangely bounces between $100 something and $40 back and forth
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Joe Turner is a little unpredictable as well:
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/search?q=big+joe+rides+again&search-button=
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
electricsound is in the lead
http://collectorsfrenzy.com/search?q=riptides+sunset&search-button=
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Joe Turner was part of a big jazz buy from the father of a guy I worked with who was switching over to CDs--this would have been late '80s. It's in excellent shape, and it's one of the two original issues; can't remember whether mine is the mono or stereo (I'm at work right now).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
Nothing remarkable:£45: Rufus Wainwright - "Tiergarten (Supermayer Remix)" (12" promo, Polydor)€35: Neil Young's On the Beach (Reprise, turned out to be a '74 UK pressing that plays slightly faster than it should. Always thought that gave opener "Walk On" an extra kick), a year or two before it finally was reissued.
― willem, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
There are a couple of online listings for autographed copies of End of the Century. The more expensive:
http://www.ioffer.com/i/the-ramones-band-signed-end-of-the-century-album-511374796
The other's like $70. The only problem with my copy is that they all signed on the back--the signatures are fine, but the front would obviously be much better. (Lined up inside a Toronto record store for this, right when the album came out.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
John Martyn, "London Conversation" orig
The Flies "I'm not your stepping stone"
probably spme others also...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
My most theoretically valuable CD is probably Tim Buckley - Starsailor.
― QUOTE sampling at a higher rate UNQUOTE (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
As someone who came to CDs late--don't think I bought my first one till '89--and who didn't really start buying a lot of them until cheap ones flooded a local book chain in the late '90s, are there in fact really valuable CDs on the order of the Beatles butcher cover, or old doo-wop records?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
For a while, mine was the Who's Two's Missing CD. Issued by MCA in 1987, but few were pressed, and until recently it was the only CD source for the live version of "Goin' Down." A Japanese reissue came out earlier this year, but I think it was limited/now out-of-print.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
probably this?
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
Probably a signed/number single bundle of St. Etienne's "Method of Modern Love"
― daavid, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
clemenza there are some out of print 80s hair metal cult albums, hip-o select label reissues, and silly cases like the very rare original Norah Jones blue note EP that all fetch sometimes $100s as CDs
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
nice clean copy of peter grudzien's 'the unicorn' probably followed by la monte young well-tuned piano box or oasis lp on cranbus.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
Wow nerve I didn't know any Orange Juice sold that high.
As far as a CD for me I have this but I don't know what it has actually sold for. Has held a high price for awhile though.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
Sea Urchins Pristine Christine 7"? thought it was worth about £50 but one sold for £442 recently
― zappi, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
xpost I have one of those on "Infinite Zero" label
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
Massive Attack Vs Burial Split LP #539/1000 Inhale Gold Protection MezzanineAir France No Way Down/On Trade Winds 2x EP
Got two of each respectively to sell one and thus cover the expense of overseas shipping but didn't get around to it yet. Also didn't expect both of them to rise so high in price.
Plus this oddity, though i'm not quite sure one will be able to sell it for that much in reality. Got it for ~5€ on ebay once.
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
Mbv remasters, which I couldve attained for 30bucks less online but convinced myself the additional bills would fund and speed up the new album. I also don't understand how retail works.
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
No idea, really. Is my VG+ original Brain Records pressing of Neu! 75 valuable?
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
i guess'ask the ages'? on ebay right now for $54.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
I paid $0.50 for thisor I paid $190.00 for this
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
Current 93 8LP Vinyl-On-Demand box set, around $500
single LP is La Monte Young's "Black Album", maybe $300? it's gone up a lot in the last ten years.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 12:47 PM (26 minutes ago)
Yes I have the Air France as well! Did not expect the price either, though I hadn't ever seen it second hand except for the linked sale.
― Evan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
i found this in portland a few years back for about $50. it goes for up to a crazy (theoretical) $2500
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?release_id=597528&ev=rb
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
According to discogs sorting by median sale price, my top five are:
Charley Patton CD box setEmerald Web - Dragon Wings and Wizard TalesCornelius Cardew - Memorial ConcertTVPs - And Don't the Kids Just Love ItScott Walker - The Drift
By max sale price, it is:Charley PattonWhite Noise - Electric StormMaher Shalal Hash Baz - From a Summer to Another Summer...David Bowie - Aladdin Sane [this is nuts - max sale £95, min sale £0.79, and yes, it says it's for the same pressing]Emerald Web
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
I suppose the Bowie disparity could be someone who listed theirs as the wrong pressing, and a collector who somehow knew this?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
i tried to sell that maher shalal double LP a while back, cuz i needed some cash and i hadn't listened to it in ages, and i only for $15 :(
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
my first press on fondle 'em of operation doomsday by mf doom used to go for a lot but it's been reissued a few times now
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
You get a double boo: one for selling, as I love that album a hell of a lot, and one for it not making much for you. Lowest list price on discogs is almost £30, which would be, what, about $45?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
xpost
Probably my 1st ed. King Crimson Great Deceiver box set. Most profitable item I actually ever sold was a Japanese Frank Zappa "Cucamonga Years" CD -- found it at Amoeba Berkeley for $9, sold for $100.
― Death Grits 2 (WmC), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
wow original Plaster Falling is impressive!
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
probably this :
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?release_id=609733&ev=rb
mint/sealed
also, there was a time that a lot of the FAX golden era cds ('94) were very collectable, but no idea now ..
― mark e, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
i have a horrible feeling i chucked that twin freaks record out. it was a promo copy too.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
huge deal = huge bargain
― Evan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
One of the more bizarre CDs I sold on Ebay recently (given that most of them don't get any bids) was a promo CD in a plain black sleeve of some Me First & The Gimme Gimmes album I got free from a record store a few years ago.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:30 (7 months ago) Permalink
Exclusive material or what?
― Evan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
Nope, regular album.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
So strange.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
Are the original Monolake / Porter Ricks / Maurizio tin boxes worth much these days? I have all those and managed to never crack the CDs as seemed to happen often. I also have all the original Gas records.
Monolake and Porter Ricks don't sell for big bucks anymore, since they've both been reissued, but AFAIK the other, non-reissued Chain Reaction albums still sell for 40 Euros or more. The prices for the original Gas albums dropped too after the Nah und Fern reissue box came out. Which was nice, as I was finally able to buy a copy of the first, eponymous album (the version included with Nah und Fern is different from the original Mille Plateaux release, it replaces the original tracks 1 and 3 with new tracks).
― Tuomas, Friday, 5 October 2012 08:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
Going by Discogs median prices, my most valuable items are:
Rolling Stones London Years 3CD Singles Collection on SACDWhite - Stripes De Stijl vinyl reissue (the only Jack White release I own or even like)Sleep - Dopesmoker on vinylNuggets II boxed setMiles Davis Jack Johnson boxed set (got this recently along with the Bitches Brew one - this was actually the cheaper of the two)
Ranging from £60 down to £38. I've maybe had other CDs which I've sold for more than that in the past but I can't remember exactly what or how much, just OOP stuff.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 5 October 2012 10:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
Which version of sleep - dopesmoker?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 5 October 2012 10:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
It's the 2003 issue on Tee Pee records, this is the one: http://www.discogs.com/Sleep-Dopesmoker/release/397723
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 5 October 2012 10:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
ahh, i never bought that for some reason.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 5 October 2012 10:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
How do you get Discogs to list the median prices for your records?
― Tuomas, Friday, 5 October 2012 10:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
I don't have much in the way of collectors' items or rare copies, so it must be this. Listed at $599 now at Amazon!
― Jazzbo, Friday, 5 October 2012 11:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
Tuomas: On the My Collection page under 'View' at the top there's an option for 'Stats', the median prices are listed there.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 5 October 2012 11:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
Surprised that Interpol 12" on Chemikal Underground is still worth so much (median £126.63). Is it too late to cash in or will the TOTBL reissue kill demand?
― Map Ref 52°N 6°W (useless chamber), Friday, 5 October 2012 11:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
That Al Stewart album I mentioned upthread isn't even for sale on discogs, that's how rare it is.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
Huh. My most valuable item is Ornette Coleman - Chappaqua Suite on double CD (median = £48.88), never would have thought of that. Then comes Originals Vol 2 compilation on Claremont 56 (median = £32.16), which isn't even a very good album.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
My least valuable item is Wowee Zowee on CD.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
Oh wait, it's a Japanese edition of Chappaqua Suite that's so expensive. The one I have isn't on Discogs.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Friday, 5 October 2012 14:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
i was thinking about selling my u.k. 1st pressing of one live badger but i think i'd miss the little guy too much...
― scott seward, Friday, 5 October 2012 14:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
had no idea D'Angelo's Voodoo was going for around $100 - I've got one of those
― Twerkin in a coal mine (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:45 (5 months ago) Permalink
I have the 1991 CD pressing of Captain Beefheart's "Lick My Decals Off" which is currently going on Amazon Marketplace for $42. That's probably the highest for me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:19 (5 months ago) Permalink
every time I hear something I own is going for an absurd amount of money, I am reminded that I have absolutely no awareness of how the vinyl collectors' market really works
― Twerkin in a coal mine (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
just sold phish's lawnboy LP for $700 -- after that, maybe OG mike hurley on folkways or la monte young's dreamhouse record, or descendents of mike and phoebe record?
― 69, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
get the feeling this would be a big ticket item if i ever sell it, but i probably will never: http://www.discogs.com/Francis-Bebey-Pygmy-Love-Song/release/1762405
― 69, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:03 (5 months ago) Permalink
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack CD single. Cracked front case. Mysterious raspberry-colored goo on disc. $.39
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
Oh wait, LaMonte Young. That reminds me... My CD copy of "Second Dream of the High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer" is probably worth more than the Beefheart.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:49 (5 months ago) Permalink
Of course, I don't have the jewel cases any more, since I downsized my collection to binders only, so they're probably not worth all that much as collectibles.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
YES LA compTreble Kicker - PavementGaydiohead - drill epLoadsa stuff like Lilys' first cd but I already e mailed you Evan
Loads more
I'm not a collector - was just ahead of the times ;) and now redundant- and want rid of this shit. Not on e bay yet . Keep asking wife if I can use her account but never get round to it
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:16 (5 months ago) Permalink
Not redundant (yet) job wise. Just in most other departments. I'm fairly comfortable with that these days.A mate told me that my awful Cock Sparrer "Shock Troops" vinyl is revered in some strange circles
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:41 (5 months ago) Permalink
Try selling on Discogs first.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 21:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
according to discogs, the top 5 median selling prices for my record collection are:
$116 - Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 3xLP $99 - Radiohead - In Rainbows 2xLP superdeluxe thing$85 - Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (2xLP on Vertigo that collected Kraftverk 1 and 2)$81 - Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill LP$80 - The Microphones - Little Bird Flies Into a Big Black Cloud
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
I once had an original LP of Bobb Trimble's Harvest of Dreams which I sold in the '90s for nowhere near what it's worth today; I didn't realize it was worth anything beyond face value when I sold it and had never heard of the artist at the time. Wasn't even mentioned in the price guides I checked at the time.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:57 (5 months ago) Permalink
$99 - Radiohead - In Rainbows 2xLP superdeluxe thing
There's my answer then.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
Are any of those briefly-produced 3"/80mm CD singles that were supposed to be the digital successor of the 45 valuable? I own several of those.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
On The Road with Kasey Chambers, maybe?
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:14 (5 months ago) Permalink
Or autographed Shellac LP?
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
I don't have much in the way of collectors' items or rare copies, so it must be this. Listed at $599 now at Amazon!
WTF. I could swear that I've seen that at Amoeba within the last couple of years selling for around twenty bucks. Wanted to get it. Guess I won't now.
In other fluctuating-price news, I was thinking that my vinyl copy of Scott Walker's The Drift was one of the more expensive albums I owned, but now I see that it's back in print and very affordable.
So my most expensive album is a bunch of albums:The Genius Of Miles Davis. For those who don't know, it's a box of the Complete "......." Sessions boxes.I got it "cheap" with my employee discount at Amoeba, but it's going for $424 on amazon.
― FunkyTonk, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:50 (5 months ago) Permalink
I also have the Tom Waits Orphans vinyl box (unavailable on amazon, minimum $116 on discogs), the Miles Montreux box ($130 on amazon), the Miles Complete Columbia Album Collection ($243 amazon), and the Fela Kuti complete box ($110 amazon).
Yeah, my thing for box sets might be a problem. Thankfully I have a very tolerant wife.
― FunkyTonk, Thursday, 13 December 2012 01:35 (5 months ago) Permalink
I got it "cheap" with my employee discount at Amoeba, but it's going for $424 on amazon.
That *is* cheap, bizarrely enough. I think list price was around $2000 when it was first announced/released.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 13 December 2012 02:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
Oh, I bet my Tom Waits Live from Ebbets Field is worth something, or would be if it hadn't gotten scratched up in a rental car.
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Thursday, 13 December 2012 02:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
/I got it "cheap" with my employee discount at Amoeba, but it's going for $424 on amazon./That *is* cheap, bizarrely enough. I think list price was around $2000 when it was first announced/released.
Yes, I know. I've been watching it ever since then. Couldn't believe it though when it popped up in real life though for $300 retail.
― FunkyTonk, Thursday, 13 December 2012 02:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
The Yardbirds - Live Yardbirds w/Jimmy Page (the original LP)Spacemen 3 - Walking With Jesus 12" serial #0001 (priceless as far as I'm concerned)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 December 2012 02:38 (5 months ago) Permalink
Is that Yardbirds the one where they cover "Waiting for the Man"? Always wanted to hear that.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 13 December 2012 02:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
Mobbed I didn't get an email!
― Evan, Thursday, 13 December 2012 04:09 (5 months ago) Permalink
I have that original Yardbirds LP too, the one that was withdrawn a few days after its release. Didn't realize it was that valuable - I found mine in the '80s though when it's value hadn't yet climbed to where it no doubt must be now.
Jimmy Page recently said he'd be fine with a reissue of that Anderson Theatre performance as long as the added-on applause and cocktail-lounge sound effect overdubs were removed.
― Lee626, Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
I do have "Stutter" by Elastica, limited edition original 7", numbered 0002
No idea of value, I think that's a 'used-to-be'..
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
Hang on, that dbl Kraftwerk mentioned back there that compiles the first two albums - is that with the swirl Vertigo label, or the standard 'spaceship' label, cos that's the one I've got. Didn't realise it was worth much.
― Rob M Revisited, Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
swirl
spaceship is still worth a bit but
― boner m (electricsound), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:47 (5 months ago) Permalink
swirl is £200
spaceships is £10 to £20
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:58 (5 months ago) Permalink
Cheers all. Not exactly a nest egg, but nice to know. Paid £1.90 for it in 84 anyway.
― Rob M Revisited, Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:01 (5 months ago) Permalink