To prove the asking prices seen, will today be difficult, as the sites used to look for this Album are not holding records of the Maximum asking prices, but only the highest prices for a completed sale.
The Performer is Lee Harvey Osmond and the Album of interest was 'Beautiful Scars', the good news is that this Album is once more available for very reasonable monies as it most likely a new batch of pressings was done.
I bought the 'Mohawk' Titled Album as soon as I had seen it released.
Albums that I own as the earliest pressings and are with other re-released versions since the earliest pressings, which as a result of previous investigation, have done well in appreciative value, are Pink Floyd 'The Pulse' ( my one is still in Cellophane ) and Roger Water 'Amused to Death'. I have in the past seen the original release Pulse Album on Vinyl, opened and used have a £900 asking price.
My Wife spent many hours in used Vinyl Outlets when CD took the audio market by storm. She done well and owns very 'mint' early pressings of Bowie and the Rolling Stones, I assume these will be appreciative in value, as these Genre's were usually found on the £1-2 Section within a shop.
I have collected a range of Chicago Blues Artists in this same era, a friend tried to purchase one I have that has a £1 Price Label stuck on the Cover, the best he could find after a long search, was over £50 for the same EAN No' Album. .
A friend recently visited a shop selling donated items on behalf of a Charity. A Box of Classical Albums were purchased for £25, on investigation, it was discovered one Album contained in the Box was worth twice the purchase price of the entire box.
If @njwvista get the bug, and makes time to delve through yard sales and other sources for used vinyl, they can grow a nice Album Collection, and the is nothing to say it will one that is not appreciating in value.
As an aside, there are today Artists arranging contracts with their Record Companies, where their work (Albums) 'must' achieve a pre-selected Quantity of Hard Media Sales, prior to the Work being released to Streaming Services, for the likes of Adele, it is said 100 000 Hard Media Albums 'must be sold.
For lesser Artists and those able to cut a deal, I assume the quantity will be much less, this in itself creates a rarity to the Hard Media being offered, and maybe a second pressing will be considered by the Record Company if the demand remains high.
Today a substantial quantity of Hard Media is produced by the Performers and it sold on a Merchandise Product, as the Performers are funding this themselves, the batches produced will be limited in number.
I today, have a collection of Vinyl Albums purchased as a result of supporting Crowd Funding. I see this a very helpful way to support New Upcoming Performers. This same method has also proved useful to getting access to established performers Vinyl Albums, that are not able to get the best support from the main markets.