RARE RECORD COLLECTOR BOOK - Is It Accurate? Tasty Records Altrincham
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2024
- Here at Tasty we recently got a very rare record in the shop which from discogs I determined to be up there in the four figure range of price. When I consulted the Rare Record Collector they had determined it to be £40 in mint condition! (???)
This sent me down the rabbit hole of comparing rare record prices from my own collection and the shop.
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Great video and a brilliant topic that I've never seen discussed here on YT.
So it would seem 'the book' (as it it has frequently been referred to) is still highly inaccurate. Before the days of internet, this really was all their was to get a guide on price for both sellers and buyers. As online buying came in and in particular Discogs, as you've mentioned - the book became totally redundant. I used to order it ever time it came out, it became an event. I eventually stopped well over a decade ago.
I still see a lot of the older school dealers and shops owners use it, but definitely not for me.
I was surprised to hear how much London Calling sells for now (in general, rather than book price). Just £10 I paid for mine around 20 years ago and that was top end at the time.
Rumours - you could not give it away a good few years back. Now look at it - a huge demand!!
Keep up the good work 🙂
Great video mate, thanks for the shout out 😀..
I think the record price guide books are not very reliable these days.
I have been collecting and selling records for over 30 years now and the vinyl market has changed so much in that time. Records have become more than " just about the music" items.
I think it is time for a professional record grading company where collectors can get their records professionally graded. Toy and comic books collectors have had this for years.. I don't think people who pay thousands of pounds for records are going to play them very often So proper preservation and grading is the way forward..
Who knows, these albums could be worth hundreds of thousands in the future..
Crazy though £££££...
All the best man 🙏👍
No joke I bought a German press copy of that affinity album for 10p 20 yrs ago. I remember swapping it for a couple of boxes of albums of a mixed variety.. Wish those days existed again when you'd find gems like that for next to nothing
I'd love to know where the book gets their information from, never really made any sense to me - CAP guide (current auction price) guide for cars collates its information from actual sales of cars - the record book seems to be total finger in the air tactics!
Interesting video. I would say something isn't valuable because it's rare in itself. If I made an album and pressed one copy would it be valuable? Of course not. Lot's of things go into a valuation like who is the artist, selling history, demand etc. On the Dave Kriss album someone paid £800. Is it worth that or did they overpay? Does that mean it should be valued at that price or higher? Up to the seller to chance it I guess, but the mentality would be it sold for £800 so I want at least that for it, which is understandable.
Thoughtful observation!
I would say (what I've seen on internet plus shops in London) The Clash LC first press £80-130 top end its got to be VVG+ Got to have the green hype sticker for top end £ IMO
Our copy is better than I let on here, solid VG+/VG+ copy, no sticker but both the original inserts included!
The book only deals with UK presses so maybe thats why Taylor Swift might not be in the book. The book has been behind the curve for a long time. Modern music and some genres like jazz are very underpriced. Your classic collectibles like Vertigo Swirls are overpriced esp in this country. As you mentioned with your issue with the Affinity lp, I find swirls are quite popular in mainland Europe but due to customs costs the value has probably dropped.
There is absolutely nowhere near 'every record that was pressed', in the Rare Record Price Guide, it doesnt even scratch the surface. Hundreds of records that should be in there, arent, and vice versa.
Also, some of the valuations are way off, far too low.
I do wish people would knock this + and - nonsense on the head. VG+ is surely the same as Ex-.
Sorry, to me these books are a waste of money, I bought them too in the past, but prices change so fast, the book is out of date the day it was printed.