Sealed MOFI's on eBay

"sealed" means 'someone' owns a plastic wrapping machine... That's about all you can trust.
Unless some chain of ownership guaranties the record was purchsed new and stored for all these years, I would NOT trust that a record is in fact never opened, never played.
In reality some chunk of junk may be inside that 'sealed' LP sleeve, and the seller can claim YOU swapped out some crap/ he didn't know because it was sealed.. etc
Forget sealed, it is a fantasy.
(Though I do find some still sealed records on the secondhand market, they are NOT overpriced, and no-one cares if you slit it open to look!
So they ARE out there, just avoid the overpriced stuff.
IMO sealed is nothing, the price is the same for a NearMint copy, AND you should be able to open it in the sellers presence!! to determine if it is a pristine copy of the correct record!

Many of the MOFI recordings suck a la Aja and Sticky Fingers.

There are exceptions, of course, such as Crime of the Century which is spectacular.

A great majority are valued for their collectibility not sonics.

First, original MoFis were not shrink wrapped; they came in a loose plastic outer sleeve that did not press against the jacket, to prevent......warping. Bill is also correct, the middle period MoFis suck, these were the ones mastered by Gary Georgi, whose hearing issues are well documented. The original releases, mastered by the brilliant Stan Ricker, are simply amazing and among the best of their type. The UHQRs are even more amazing. I hope that this clears up some of the misconcepetions.

I have heard some of these recordings the MOFI's throughout the years, and from what I have heard. I would not part with this kind of cash for Led Zeppelin II listed for $495.00. It's your money and you can spend it the way you likeI would buy the cd and if they are recorded on Sacd than buy the both. This is alot of scratch for a minimal if better sound?

MoFi is also currently releasing material on vinyl. A copy of Coleman Hawkins "The Hawk Flies High" was just auctioned on Audiogon when you can mail order it for $34.99. Go figure.