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Interesting development

I tend to follow the sales of various LP’s on Ebay. Recently, i have noticed that the price of many of them seems to have skyrocketed! For example, many of the Mobile Fidelity albums have sold for prices that are two-four times more than what they were when new! This is a new development, as only recently, say in the last six months, the same LP’s were selling at or below their original retail price, no more! The recent MFSL reissues of the  Miles Davis LP’s are a good example...some of them sat on the various sites that sold them new for years at the same price, or even slightly below...now we see these very same albums going for up to four times what they originally sold for..
Same goes for several of the Analogue Productions reissues..what’s up??

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asvjerry
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@daveyf ....true....but there's going to be a 'tipping point', where used CD's will outnumber used LP's.
And, unfortunately, an LP is subject to wear, even with the finest of cart and arm....🤷‍♂️
I suspect that the next probe that leaves our solar system will include a variant of a CD with a player.  Even a gold record might not withstand the millennia, if encountered at all....and one Voyager is heading 'up' and out of the galaxy's plane....
*L* I know, off topic....I like the LP's I do have, but know that eventually they'll end up in a bin in a store for someone to go...

"Joe's Garage"? *wtf*....'a Stratocaster with a Whammy Bar?!" *L*
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audioguy85
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This is nothing new...have you ever looked at better records to see what he is asking?? You will be shocked!!😳
Although I must confess to indulging gonna few of his records...😉
You should see what theyare asking on ebay for a sealed copy of The Doors "13" original 1970’s sealed records. There are a few priced at $250 and higher! I just stumbled upon a sealed reissue no bar code early seventies, possibly very early eighties copy, but only paid $60 bucks. Fine by me. Call me nuts, but I’m about to pounce on a swingin’ with the mastersounds sealed fantasy lp for $150. Gotta get em’ when you see em’, they don’t last long.
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daveyf OP
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I’m not really a fan of ’better records’. I have a number of his ’recommendations’ and they are nothing special. Most of the better D to D LP’s or the likes of Opus 3, smoke them. Problem is, and this is just IMHO, the guy really isn’t listening through that revealing a system, so how can he make a great recommendation?

BTW, I’m not questioning how LP’s can be priced to the ether, but i am questioning why some of the more recent MFSL’s and AP’s, that sat on the shelf for years, now are.


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