Super Artistique: series or not?

IMO Super Artistique is a price code rather than a series. The history of the profile page doesn't mention any sources for the series designation, so it's hard to tell.

Any opinions? See also https://www.discogs.sie.com/forum/thread/721160#7160065 regarding 'Série Artistique'.

Pinging la-voie-du-sabre for some input.

There are 78 releases listed under Super Artistique. Invalidate or not, that's the question.

If we decide to keep it as a series, then this should be backed by a reliable source, at least according to our beloved guidelines.

This is just another pricing code, likely more expensive than Serie Artistique (which definitely was a price code).

sebfact
This is just another pricing code,

I agree – marked with a circled S on the center labels.
The used scan on the profile page isn't a branding btw, just a cut-out of some label scan …
Should be invalidated as series.

Artistique & Super Artistique refer to cutting/pressing quality, mainly seen on classical releases (Philips...), not a price code at all.

marcuzan
Artistique & Super Artistique refer to cutting/pressing quality, mainly seen on classical releases (Philips...), not a price code at all.

And not a series, at least not according to Discogs definition. Of course you had a lot of technology brandings at the time, like Decca's "ffss". Can you back this up in any way, and are you sure these weren't price-related as well?

Not a series indeed. Not price-related as well (although these records were more expensive due to their manufacturing quality). I have no official source, only my late father showing me, on LP labels, 45 years ago: Ⓟ = populaire, Ⓜ = medium, Ⓢ = standard, Artistique and Super Artistique. These existed before the letter price code system, but both can be seen on the same record (price code on back cover only).