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# Vinyl Prices Hit Unbelievable Highs
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/vinyl-prices-hit-unbeleivable-highs/
- Published: 2018-02-26T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-26T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: The price of vinyl is continuing to soar, with many new records costing upwards of $40. Used vinyl prices are also hitting unbelievable highs. Here we look at some of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/02/vinyl-prices-hit-unbeleivable-highs.html]
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, DIY, DIY musicians, indie, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, vinyl, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

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The price of vinyl is continuing to soar, with many new records costing upwards of $40\. Used vinyl prices are also hitting unbelievable highs. Here we look at some of the most expensive releases sold in 2017.

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Guest post by **Bobby Owsinski** of Music 3.0The price of new vinyl albums is going through the roof these days and some industry execs think that we’re fast approaching buyer fatigue as a result. While you might find a few at $16, it’s not uncommon to see a premium release go for anywhere from $40 to $60, which can strain most collector’s pocketbooks. That said, used vinyl is still selling at astronomical prices as well. [According to **Discogs**](https://blog.discogs.com/en/state-of-discogs-2017/?ref=hypebot.com), Here are the top 10 most expensive pieces sold last year.

![Most expensive items sold on Discogs](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/blog-discogs-com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3324-dcg-yearend-17_blog-10top10mostexpensiverev.png)

The downside of this is the fact that the artist sees none of the money from the used market, since it’s already been sold once (and in the case of **The Beatles** demo, never sold at all). Even so, there’s a healthy royalty coming from a $40 sale of a brand new premium vinyl album. The problem is that you don’t sell very many of them, since the total vinyl market only makes up around 3% of the total recorded music revenue stream.The point is that the vinyl market continues to grow, but it’s slowed down in the last year or so and is still only a very small part of the music business.