Discogs Top 100 Most Expensive Records
Being record collectors ourselves, we’ve paid our fair share of hefty sums for long sought after records that were pressed in shamefully low numbers. We were curious to see if anything we’ve purchased ranked amongst the highest priced items that have sold in the Discogs Marketplace since we launched in 2005.
For the sake of maintaining our relationships, we won’t say whether or not any of our purchases made the cut, but we thought you might be interested in seeing this list of the most expensive records sold.
Our criteria include albums that were actually sold and paid for on Discogs. All prices have been converted to USD based on exchange rates at the time of sale. Duplicates are included – you will notice some albums appear more than once.
Every one of these has a unique story that contributes to them being worth a fortune. We have included a link to each release where you can find release notes that will help shed light on their value.
A few interesting trends we noticed while pulling these stats:
- 17 bands and musicians appear on this list more than once. Some, like The Beatles, who appear four times, will be familiar to most. Others, like funk group Mistafide, are niche one-hit wonders.
- The Discogs Marketplace connects buyers and sellers from around the world. 34% of these releases were purchased by collectors using EUR, 33% USD, 27% GBP, 3% CHF, and 3% JPY.
- 67 unique labels make appearances on this list. The most frequent are Parlophone and Deram, which each notched four appearances.
- Collectors are not only looking for full albums and 12″ vinyl. There are no fewer than 35 7″ records present.
We’ve talked about this before – heck, we even wrote an article diving into the trend – in-demand records really are getting more expensive.
And if you need any more proof that rare vinyl is getting more expensive, take a peek at what this post looked like when it was first published in 2010.
Do you notice any other interesting trends? Let us and fellow collectors know in the comments. We also publish a most expensive records list each month. You can see all the recent additions here.
If you have any records that you are considering selling, know that you can use Discogs to connect with buyers from around the world. Check out how to use Discogs to price and sell your vinyl records online.
Top 100 Most Expensive Records Sold On Discogs
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There’s a quite optimistic $32k asking price currently on a 12″ acetate purporting to hold a hitherto unheard extended version of “Dreaming of Me” by Depeche Mode… feast your ears – and secure some venture capital? [r11438949]
raymey
I think you really should be putting this message elsewhere. A new thread or something.
Anyway, your album is not very rare, although in excellent condition it would be worth a bit, but as this was a major release at the time, lots of copies were sold.
Best way to assess it’s value is to see what others are selling for.
Found a beatle album in the attic. A collector told me it was fairly valuable. Can anyone educate me. The title is “Introducing…The Beatles Englands No.1 vocal group” It is on a Vee Jay lable and is original. It has a # SR1062 in the upper right corner. He said it is in excellent condition. I will offer it up for sale if anyone is interested. E-mail: Stingfuotoray@optonline.net
Erm, did I dream or there was a functionnality to evaluate the ‘worth’/’value’ of a collection, with three results, down/average/top values. Has it been taken off?
Need’s a update…