The Most Valuable Jazz Records Sold in 2025 (So Far)
Tommy Flanagan Trio — Overseas (Prestige PRLP 7134, 1958)
A true hard-bop grail. It cracked the August 2025 “most valuable” list with a sale around $4,727 (original US pressing). Discogs+178 RPM -- King Oliver's Jazz Band, Okeh 40034, E+ Jazz $4738
Ron Lee - Sun Of The New World LP - International - Rare Spiritual Soul Jazz VG+
$4,239.89 (USD) Jun 8, 2025Sun Ra Atlantis El Saturn 507 LP Original rare cosmic jazz arkestra
$4,000.00 (USD) May 25, 2025BILL EVANS "NEW JAZZ CONCEPTIONS" RIVERSIDE RLP12-223 MONO 1st OG DG Flat EdgeEX
$3,499.99 (USD) Jan 21, 2025Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny LP - New Jazz - NJLP 8225 Mono DG RVG
$3,363.11 (USD) Feb 10, 2025MIKE TAYLOR TRIO SO RARE UK COLUMBIA LANSDOWNE JAZZ 1ST PRESS STEREO LP 1967 EX
£2,550.00 (GBP) Mar 24, 2025Gideon Nxumalo - Gideon Plays Original LP JAS Pride South Africa Jazz
$3,000.00 (USD) Apr 1, 2025J.R. MONTEROSE "IN ACTION + THE JOE ABODEELY TRIO" 1964 STUDIO 4 LP RARE JAZZ OG
$3,000.00 $1,700.00 (USD) Jul 11, 202578 RPM Frenchy's String Band, Columbia 14387 "Texas & Pacific Blues", EE-/E Jazz
$2,513.87 (USD) Jul 21, 2025
Why they fetch $$$: scarcity (tiny runs), original labels/pressings (Prestige, Blue Note, Saturn), and clean condition. (Monthly “most valuable” lists: July 2025 recap; What Hi-Fi’s summary also tracks the same Discogs data.) NationalWorld+1
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