Now no hate on Graduation, one of my favorite hip hop albums and a record I still feel nostalgic listening to most of the songs on, but the difference between those two records, a 1969 classic, and a 21st century iconic album, is something that shouldn’t be ignored. One record that could be counted is Graduation(2007) by Ye that at it’s most expensive can cost $100.00, while an older record as Ferrante and Teicher’s Midnight Cowboy(1969) can cost $6.00 on Ebay. But, there are records right now that still cost hundreds of dollars that were made in this generation of vinyl. Now, you would think that most of the expensive records would be classics and vintage records that were made during the first rise of vinyl records and not during the resurgencel. So for somebody to actually get a record that expensive, would cost an arm and a leg. The record is 11x more than what the average US household makes. According to the US Census Bereau, the average US household was $67,521 in 2020. With them taking up half of the list of the most expensive records by hmv.com, their most expensive record is The Beatles- White Album(1968) that goes for a whopping $790,000.

Being they’re a household name most sellers will markup prices to the sky while the casual collect usually won’t even think twice about buying it. One band that has many overly-expensive records in their discography are the world-famous Beatles. And, just from as experience from a teen collector as myself, it can be consuming trying to collect records off of chore money.

Even new age records like WOLF(2013) can be as high as $173.00 on StockX. Whether they might be old classics new generation icons, they can be very expensive which are out of most collectors savings. But, as all collectors know young and old, there are some records that are just out of grabs because of the high prices. There are some that can go for even $4 on Amazon and Ebay if you look in the right places. Now, of course not all records are expensive.

Tyler the creator wolf vinyl ebay