Rare Röyksopp ‘Melody A.M.’ vinyl with Banksy cover sells for £3,720 at auction

A rare version of Röyskopp’s 2001 ‘Melody A.M.‘ featuring artwork designed by Banksy has sold for £3,720 at auction. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Röyksopp announce ‘Profound Mysteries II’: “We want to get your senses going” The edition of the Norwegian duo’s seminal debut album dates back to 2002, and they sent Banksy 100 blank record sleeves to customise. Banksy then spray-painted the sleeves in green using a bespoke stencil. Now, one of the copies has sold through Wessex Auction Rooms to a local street-art collector. The collector initially missed the lot, but immediately contacted the auction house afterwards with an offer of £3,000, before eventually securing the record for £3,720, per BBC News. Auctioneer and vinyl expert Martin Hughes told BBC News that the high price was driven by Banksy’s artwork, rather than the condition of the record, which had “definitely been played”, or even the popularity of Röyksopp. “As much as Royksopp were a great band,” he said, “you’re not going to be spending thousands on one of their albums.” Another version of the album with a Banksy-drawn cover sold for $10,465.10 (£8,477.25) on Discogs in 2019, becoming one of the most expensive ...