Are There Rare and Expensive Compact-Discs, Entered in the Collectibles Market?

On this board many of you know me as a fussy vinyl record collector; in fact, I do not buy CDs, but only records that often are very rare and expensive...

Now, my curiosity is this: are out there rare and expensive (by the term "expensive", I mean a figure that exceeds 100 € / 120 USD) CDs entered in the collectors market?

A list, please...

 

Inner City Unit, "Passout"

 

The Japanese CP35-3016 "Abbey Road"

 

... and of course the Japanese 35DP-4 "Wish you were here".

 

There definitely are expensive CDs; the Monkees' "Headquarters Sessions" on Rhino is the first to come to mind.

 

I'll never let my copy go. My grandkids got dibs.

 

When I joined here, nearly 5 years ago, CDs were discussed mainly, and I bought many, many of those being listed here.
My most expensive was the Japan-for-US Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 2 track. Collector's condition, $350.00 !!!!

I don't spend like that anymore, and have no desire to ! Funny : I now listen to the Blu ray from the Immersion box exclusively now.

 

Can anyone else see this ? All I get is " IMG."

 

Whoa, you're right. Apparently the link to the cover is also "a collectable." Let's try this again.

 

The OP asked for a list of collectible CDs with established market value of at least $120. I'd say there are dozens including Mercury green arrows, the original Vertigo blue swirls, 35DP4, and many others.

Hopefully one of us could start a list for the OP. Assume Exc all around at a minimum.

 

This place does love to list their toys.

 

The CD market is ripe right now. Like vinyl 10-15 years ago, there's some great deals to be had if you look around. I just picked up a Def Leopard "Pyromania" from W. Germany with the Vertigo swirl for $8 at a used shop and I think I could flip it for $20 at least, but I like the sound too much so I'm not selling. This is for an album I generally don't even like.

Also, there's a good market for OOP metal. I'm amazed at the prices some people pay. $500+

 

This one only $599.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-JAPAN-SACD-OBI-3675yen-ESGA-1ST-PRESS-/261437564930

 

Tons of them. Even excluding audiophile formats/versions like SACD and XRCD, regular CDs tend to be collectible in many of the same ways vinyl is collectible - it has to be hard to find and of interest to collectors. I think this tends to be particularly clustered in metal, where releases often have short runs on indies and there are collectors with money to burn. There's a lot of collectible CDs in the classical realm as well, although the megabox trend there is cutting into the market. The main difference is that regular pop and rock that everyone has is not very collectible by and large, unless it's an older/imported version that's particularly in demand.

 

That's one of the "cheap" ones he carries.

 

We got $250 for this disc 12 years ago

 

That IS rare! I've never seen a copy of Click Here's album "Full Resolution" on the shelves!

 

Pete Townshend's "Lifehouse Chronicles" cd set

 

Aerosmith Rocks SACD.

 

I guess it was not in"Full Resolution"

There are limited edition comps and box sets that command big bucks today. Spanky and Our Gang Complete Mercury albums box set was expensive IIRC @$89 list. Today used ones go for over $200. Had I known then what I know now I'd forked over the $89. (actually I though I saw it for ~$66 when it was still in print but cheapo me thought that still was too expensive).

 

Irene Cara -" What a Feeling". West German target. I haven't seen one in a long while.

 

Oh yes. Mostly rare DCC's and rare Japanese pressings. I payed a decent amount in the past for my "non-TO" pressing of Dark Side of the Moon. Couple of DCC's have run into the triple digits.

 

Peter Schilling- 120 Grad WG Target sold recently for around 200