Vinyl collection of 30,000 sells for £132,000

A collection of vinyl records amassed over 60 years has been sold at auction for nearly £132,000, almost double the expected amount.

The two-day sale was run by Ewbank's in Send, Surrey.

The vinyl collection had been the life's work of an unnamed collector, who had recently died.

Auctioneers had estimated the "jaw-dropping" collection would sell for about £80,000.

A Peel Sessions collection, featuring artists including Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Nico and Stiff Little Fingers, was expected to fetch between £800 and £1,200, but went for £4,680.

Meanwhile, a collection of Rolling Stones albums expected to sell for up to £400 went for £1,235, and a box of records by 90s artists, estimated to sell for between £300 and 500, was sold for £1,430.

A box of Jimi Hendrix Experience albums went for more than twice its £500 estimate, at £1,040, and a copy of the David Bowie LP The Man Who Sold the World, with an estimated price of £500, was sold for £1,105.

And a copy of the Spice Girls' album Spiceworld, which had an estimated price of £340 to £360, sold for £780.

Ewbank's vinyl expert John Silke told BBC Radio Surrey: "I did have £100,000 in my mind.

"This collection had it all. Those rarities like the David Bowie with the dress cover, and a lot of stuff in great condition like the first three Jimi Hendrix albums, The Who with the poster, and the 90s stuff like Spice Girls to Massive Attack and Robbie Williams.

"They didn't press so many records at that point because everyone had gone to CD."

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