Prices for vinyl nowadays are just like the prices for older gear that was pure junk 40 years ago -- sellers on Facebook and EBay slap the word "vintage" on it and think that is worth an extra 80% to the price.
I keep hoping I live long enough to see the scalpers end up sitting on thousands of Vinyl releases that they can't sell because buyers wise up and quit paying $50 to $100 for a crappy sounding vinyl album from the 1990's or 2000's that was pressed from a CD source. How I wish I had a time machine...I had the opportunity to buy out the inventory of several independent used record stores in college town in the 1980's and 1990's. No telling what gems I could have found. Live and learn.