Top 25 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in April 2023
Lavish box sets, rare 7-inches, and a hard-to-find jazz album by The Sun Ra Arkestra all cracked the top 25 most expensive items sold in April 2023.
The most expensive items sold on Discogs in April 2023 include a few expansive Pet Shop Boys box sets, rare 7-inches, and two copies each of a Weeknd set and a sought-after record from The Sun Ra Arkestra.
Two different Pet Shop Boys box sets sold for top-dollar last month. Electric is a five-record set housed in a fluorescent-edged acrylic box and Yes includes a smoked perspex box with magnetic fastening, 11 records housed in full-color inner and outer sleeves, and a signed, numbered Giclée print. Other notable box sets include a 38-CD Woodstock collection and a Paul McCartney 7-inch singles set.
Other rare 7-inches that fetched big bucks in April cover a variety of styles, including funk and punk. Funk 45s from artists like Ray Frazier & The Shades Of Madness and Ben And The Tight Squeeze Band inspired a few high-price transactions. An extremely rare punk 7-inch from RF7 not only claimed the number one spot but also set a new highest price paid for this release on Discogs.
The Weeknd and The Sun Ra Arkestra must have been on collectors’ minds last month. Both The Weeknd’s Trilogy and The Sun Ra Arkestra’s Continuation appear on the list twice, meaning two different copies of each release sold for such high sums that they cracked the top 25 for April.
#1
Acts Of Defiance
RF7
1980
The original pressing of RF7’s debut 7-inch.
Sold for $7,850
#2
Candy
Lee Morgan
1958
A rare mono pressing of a classic Blue Note jazz album.
Sold for $4,500
#3
I Have A Girl
The Magnetics
1967
An obscure soul 45 that serious soul collectors can’t live without.
Sold for $4,000
#4
Opvs Eponymovs
Ghost
2010
A test pressing of the acclaimed metal band’s debut album.
Sold for $3,750
#5
Tone Float
Organisation
1970
The only official pressing of this album featuring two members who went on to form Kraftwerk.
Sold for $2,888
#6
Sold for $2,875
#7
Sold for $2,777
#10
Sold for $2,500
#11
Sold for $2,500
#12
Sold for $2,500
#18
Sold for $2,222
#24
Sold for $2,000
#25
Sold for $1,960
About the Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs
This is a list of the most expensive releases sold features items that were purchased and paid for on Discogs. Although most people come to Discogs to buy new records from independent sellers around the world, some collectors are on the hunt for rarities that sell for high prices due to their scarcity.
Discogs is the world’s largest online music database and marketplace. Dedicated contributors catalog releases in the Database and sellers use this information to list items for sale in the Marketplace. On the right side of each release page, you’ll find useful statistics about the lowest, median, and highest price paid for the item you are viewing.
All prices have been converted to USD (United States Dollar). Some prices may fluctuate with the exchange rate; the prices on this list reflect the current exchange rate while the prices on the release pages reflect the exchange rate at the time of sale.
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