Shure SM81 Small Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 36 used sales observed in the last 90 days, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.
| Typical used price | €250 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €230–€270 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 90 days | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 36 used sales | ok sample |
| By condition | €260 | excellent, median of 22 sales, same window |
| €230 | very good, median of 9 sales, same window | |
| 90-day change | +5% | vs the 90 days before |
| Time to sell | 12 days | median of 15 listings watched from listing to sale |
| Live asks | €390 | typical ask across 60 listings, 56% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €220 | 2,257 used sales, 2014–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 2,371 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €425 | Shure SM81 at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 17 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
eBay United States
Reverb
54 more live · €330–€530 · typical ask €390 · most of these are new asks against a used typical
- €33032% over typicalnew ·
United States · eBay United States · confirmed 4 days ago - €33233% over typicalgood ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago - €35542% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
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- €35944% over typicalmint · United States · Reverb · confirmed 39 h ago
- €36540% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €36546% over typicalmint · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €36747% over typicalnew ·
France · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago - €37048% over typicalgood ·
Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days ago - €37550% over typicalgood · Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 6 days ago
44 more · €378–€530 · United States, Canada, Italy, France
- €37851% over typicalnew · France · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €39056% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
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Canada · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago - €39357% over typicalnew · Canada · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
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Italy · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago - €43072% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €43875% over typicalnew · France · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €44471% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h ago
- €48988% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 15 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €499100% over typicalnew · Italy · Reverb · confirmed 15 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €514123% over typicalvery good · Canada · Reverb · confirmed 15 h agocheck this is the same unit
- €530112% over typicalnew · Italy · Reverb · confirmed 15 h agocheck this is the same unit
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Apr 2015: 2,253 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.
Recent sales by listing date
36 used sales · last 90 days · middle half €230–€270 · ok
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | €268$300 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Oct 2026 | €246$275 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Oct 2026 | €258$289 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Oct 2026 | €714$800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Sept 2026 | €195$220 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 2,371 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 | €232$260 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Sept 2026 | €252$283 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Sept 2026 | €290$329 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Sept 2026 | €237$270 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2026 | €262$299 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Sept 2026 | €246$280 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Sept 2026 | €228$260 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Sept 2026 | €221$252 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Sept 2026 | €239$269 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Sept 2026 | €217$245 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Sept 2026 | €263$300 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Sept 2026 | €263$300 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2026 | €266$300 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2026 | €222$250 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2026 | €215$249 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Sept 2026 | €177$200 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Sept 2026 | €248$280 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Aug 2026 | €344$385 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Aug 2026 | €344$385 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Aug 2026 | €249$290 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2026 | €215$250 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Aug 2026 | €245$276 as sold | good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Aug 2026 | €305$344 as sold | good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Aug 2026 | €279$325 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Aug 2026 | €283$330 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Aug 2026 | €253$295 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Jul 2026 | €240$279 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jul 2026 | €172$200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Jul 2026 | €236$275 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Jul 2026 | €180$209 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Jul 2026 | €558$650 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Jul 2026 | €186$216 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jul 2026 | €236$275 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jul 2026 | €232$270 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jul 2026 | €232$270 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jul 2026 | €283$330 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jul 2026 | €232$270 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jul 2026 | €249$290 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jul 2026 | €223$260 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jul 2026 | €251$292 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2026 | €142$165 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2026 | €202$235 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Jul 2026 | €279$325 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Jul 2026 | €150$175 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Jul 2026 | €240$280 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: United States €286 · United Kingdom €332 · France €367 · Germany €370 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Listings of the Shure SM81 Small Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone we watched from listing to sale typically went in 12 days (15 watched), a fast mover; it sells for a median of €250 over the last 90 days across 36 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €230 and €270. Sold new in the same family, the Shure SM81, costs €425 at Thomann (read 16 October 2026). The sale median is up 6% on the €236 of the 90 days before. There are 60 listings live right now across eBay United States, Reverb, eBay Germany, from €286 asking, a median ask 56% over the sale median. Figures computed 17 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.