Are Old Vinyl Records Valuable

Amidst the burgeoning vinyl boom nobleoak an australian life insurance company worked with ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide to determine the 50.

Are old vinyl records valuable.

Next time you go crate diggin keep a keen eye out for any of these records. It s a 78 rpm record and is rare because it was one of the first records recorded electronically with microphones amplified by vacuum tubes and then cut to vinyl. And so we ve compiled a list of 28 fascinating famously expensive old records that are worth a combined 1 9 million and would make the crew from high fidelity drool. However collectors know the real vinyl money lies in original pressings and rare vinyl records.

Many of the people we ve spoken to about records over the years have the impression that old records must be worth more than new ones. It s valued at 50 000. Age of the record. Thinking of playing those old records.

As a general rule the rarer the record more valuable it is you may have some treasure buried in your garage. Are old records valuable. Brought back from the verge of extinction vinyl record sales are booming due to a renewed interest among younger generations.