Veracity of albums for sale being "sealed"?


Just wanted your opinions on whether or not the high prices of collectable albums should be so much higher for sealed versus unsealed albums. Could some of these be recently sealed after having been used, by a person with access to a wrapping machine? And how would the prosepctive buyer know? Thanks.
mrmitch

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Thanks to all of you for your insights. I have to agree with Siddh and Has2be on buying them to be played, but once in awhile you run across an album you want and it happens to say "sealed" in the add, hence the higher price for one thats sealed-seems like marketing hype but hey, who am i? I have a collection of around 1000 LP's (which I know pales in comparison to some of you), running the ga mut from classical to jazz, rock, new age. Many are collectables including some RCA shaded and white dogs and Mercury Living Presence, but not too many audiophile as such albums. I play them all but not frequently enough to incur too much damage (on a Ortofon 12 inch arm and Dynavector cart). I also have around 600 CD's. Again, thank you all for your experience and wisdom.--Mrmitch