Before streaming made music feel… disposable, the compact disc ruled. Shiny, delicate, and weirdly sacred, we blew on them like Nintendo cartridges, handled them like Fabergé eggs, and lost our minds over one little skip. But if you held onto your collection and managed not to scratch them into coasters, you could be sitting on a goldmine.

Some CDs from the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s are now worth hundreds, even thousands, to collectors who crave that original, untouched audio magic.

This slideshow dives into the holy grail of disc collecting, the CDs that survived road trips, college dorms, and your cousin's greasy fingers. So dig out that old binder, grab your Discman, and let’s see if your old mix of the most delicate bangers is actually bankable.