Muse — The WOW! Signal (Signed Assai Obi /500)
Called 29 June 2026 · #misc-alerts · Resell Vault Drops
- In · retail
- £28.99
- Out · eBay UK solds
- £60–65
- Net · per unit
- +£31–36
- ROI · at the low end
- 107%+
Why we called it
Muse flooded this album with variants — which is usually the death of resale value. The alert cut through it: the record itself wasn't scarce, so the entire value sat in one specific edition — the Assai Obi pressing, signed by the band and hand-numbered out of 500.
Members were told a week in advance, then walked through the drop with live stock counts as the 500 sold through — 192 left, then 88, then 35, then gone. The sell-through played out exactly as called, and prices settled at a steady £60–65 against the £28.99 buy-in.
The edge
What members knew before everyone else worked it out.
- The analysis identified where the value actually lived: signature plus /500 Obi strip, not the album.
- Flagged in the weekly breakdown a full week before the drop.
- Live stock-count updates during the sell-through — members knew precisely how long they had.
- One-per-household limit throttled flipper supply and protected the margin.
- Practical guidance included: keep it sealed — opened vinyl kills both the flip and the return option.
How it played out
- 22 Jun
On the radar
The signed Assai edition is flagged in the weekly breakdown as the one Muse variant worth watching.
- 29 Jun
Drop day, tracked live
The alert fires with full analysis, then live stock counts as the 500 copies sell down through the day.
- 1 Jul
Steady at £60–65
The review confirms prices holding at £60–65 — a clean ~£30 per copy, exactly as projected.
The takeaway
A £30 profit on a £29 record is a fine trade. Knowing why this variant held value while ten others from the same album went to zero — that's the analysis members are actually paying for.
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