Original master tapes of historic recordings can fetch very high prices at auction.Other pressings and states are also available, in both mono and stereo with prices ranging from $150 to $10,000. A sealed mint 'first state' stereo copy sold for US$125,000 in February 2016, unsealed mint copies of this pressing have regularly sold for well over $15,000. The Beatles – Yesterday and Today (Capitol, US album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966).Normal copies of records involving famous people can often rocket in price when autographed, as for example in the case of a copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy (Geffen US album, 1980), autographed by Lennon five hours before his murder.A fully signed copy of The Beatles' Sgt.

It was then re-released on Record Store Day 2015 by Third Man Records. Elvis Presley's ' My Happiness' acetate was purchased by Jack White for $300,000 in January 2015.McCartney had some 'reissues' pressed in 1981 on UK 10-inch 78 RPM and 7-inch 45 RPM, in reproduction Parlophone sleeves, 25 copies of each these are estimated to be worth upwards of £10,000 each. Record Collector magazine listed the guide price at £200,000 in issue 408 (December 2012). The one existing copy is currently owned by Paul McCartney. The Quarrymen – ' That'll Be the Day'/' In Spite of All the Danger' (UK 78–rpm, acetate in plain sleeve, 1958).This is the highest price ever paid for an album that has been commercially released. 0000001) was sold for $790,000 in December 2015, according to Rolling Stone. The Beatles – The Beatles (the 'White Album') (Parlophone UK album, 1968) – Ringo Starr's personal copy (No.On December 9, 2015, Bloomberg Businessweek identified the buyer as hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli. Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin LP (of which only one copy was produced) was sold through Paddle8 on Novemfor $2 million, according to Record Collector 449., eBay, Popsike, the Jerry Osborne Record Price Guides, and other sources. Data is sourced from Record Collector Hunter sprinkler design software. The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records.

Most valuable 33 rpm records