People have been treating vinyl records as collectibles ever since music became pirate-able in the cassette era. I know many people who stream music 95% of the

People have been treating vinyl records as collectibles ever since music became pirate-able in the cassette era. I know many people who stream music 95% of the time, but have a big collection of their favorite albums on vinyl, some of them unopened, as a way to support the artist / a piece of art / keepsake / speculative long term investment, etc. Real-world NFT is a fun analogy.