Vintage Media Grading (VMG) -- Vinyl records. Is this a step too far?!*

A "slabbed cassette ".
I truly have no words.....

 

This is about investment money. Read back through the thread, it's in here.

 

That might be a worse investment than NFTs

 

I created a video series on this topic:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNw2lGMgtMWAhJSK3eASR0jHFRwCrQew-&si=SpO7vJgvHHkxsLwS
Many of these graded and encapsulated records have already passed through Heritage Auctions, some for a fair amount of money. More large auctions are coming up the end of this year (2023).

 

Thanks for the links. Agree with everything you said.

 

I was watching that auction. I couldn't believe the end result on The Beatles Second album US sealed copy. Didn't notice the Smiths one!

A few of us have been discussing it, offline, over beers for awhile now. Most people don't get it, but I keep telling them you need to forget about these as normal records that you buy to play.

 

They will probably really take off once there's a clear, established leader of the grading companies.