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Lover vinyl value

Lover — Taylor Swift album cover
Median ask · 2019 00602508148453
$40
Typical asks
$29–$89
Basis
12 eBay asks
Live eBay asks, Sep 19, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Taylor Swift — Lover: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotesAsking
2019 Republic00602508148453EuropePink [Baby Pink]$38–$89
2019 Republic602508148453TaiwanPink$38–$89
2019 RepublicB0030972-01USA & CanadaPink$38–$89
2021 Republic00602508148453EuropePink$38–$89
2021 RepublicB0030972-01USPink$38–$89
2023 RepublicB0030972-01USPink$38–$89
2023 RepublicB0037622-01USA & CanadaReissue$29–$65
Undated Republic00602508148453EuropePink$38–$89
2 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)
PressingCatalogCountryNotes
2020 Republic00602508148453ChinaPink Opaque
2025 Republic00602508148453ChinaReissue, Opaque Pink

No quoted range right now (why). Scan your copy in the app for a current read.

10 pressings tracked · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Originals, 20193 first-year pressings (USA & Canada, Europe, Taiwan); any of them is an original. Runout on the Europe copy starts “196994E1/A2 STERLING RKS B003097201-A B003097201 LP01-A”.
Collector variants2019 Europe: Pink [Baby Pink]; 2019 Taiwan: Pink; 2020 China: Pink Opaque. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2023Easy to find, priced as a listening copy.

How to identify your copy

Three checks, in the order worth doing them.

  1. 1

    Match the catalog number. It is printed on the spine and the record label. Check it together with the country against the pressings table above: the same number can appear in more than one country.

  2. 2

    Read the runout. The code etched in the dead wax near the label names the exact pressing. On the 2019 Europe pressing it reads “196994E1/A2 STERLING RKS B003097201-A B003097201 LP01-A” on side one and “196994E2/A3 STERLING RKS B003097201-B B003097201 LP01-B” on side two. Trust the etching over the jacket: covers get traded around, dead wax stays put.

  3. 3

    Grade the condition. A clean copy and a worn one of the same pressing sit several grades, and several multiples, apart. Grade record and sleeve separately; see our grading guide.

Do not price the cover. A later disc in a 2019 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of Lover is worth the most?

The 2019 originals lead. Scarcer variants (the 2019 “Pink [Baby Pink]” and the 2019 “Pink”) can beat an ordinary early copy. After that it is all condition: the gap between near mint and VG is usually larger than the gap between pressings.

How do I tell if I have a 2019 original?

Match the catalog number on the spine and label against the table above, check the country, then read the etched code in the runout groove. On the 2019 Europe pressing the runout reads “196994E1/A2 STERLING RKS B003097201-A B003097201 LP01-A”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Lover worth today?

Sellers typically ask $29 to $89 for the pressings we track; for the 2019 00602508148453 the median ask is $40 over 7 listings (eBay, Sep 19, 2026). Sold prices usually close lower. Scan your copy in the app for the range on your exact pressing and condition.

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