If you’re into the White Stripes and Jack White and you’re looking for the Holy Grail of those songs, you want a 7-inch single released on October 3. 1998, released on Italy Records, a long-gone Detroit label, and originally sold for six dollars. S
ide one features “Lafayette Blues” while the B-side is “Sugar Never Tasted So Good.” This was the second-ever White Stripes single and only 15 copies are known to exist. However, one of those 15 is very special.
Fourteen 14 were created by Dave Buick, the owner of Italy Records while one features the work of Jack White. While Buick’s versions sell for around $525 on the collector’s market, the Jack Version sold for sold for $25,000 US dollars in June 2026.
This makes it one of the most valuable singles in the history of vinyl.
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