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Wanna Buy Some 78's?

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:17 am
by Joe Guy
I have a bunch of 78 RPM records that were given to me by one of my Mother's friends back in the 1980's. I took them because I had/have a Victrola and wanted to see how they would sound and thought they might be valuable.

Well... woop dee do! I played some of them in the 80's and they've been in my closet since then. Some of these are albums. Albums of 78's are like photo albums. It's a collection of songs with each record (one song each side) placed in a sleeve inside a book-like album.

Does anyone have any idea what I could sell these for? You'll probably say it depends on the song and artist. I'd have to dig in there to list them but I do remember there is one of Enrico Caruso singing 'Vesti la giubba'. All of the records are in good condition.

Maybe I'll sell the whole group for $50.00.

Whattaya think?

Re: Wanna Buy Some 78's?

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:32 am
by Gob

Re: Wanna Buy Some 78's?

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:18 am
by Joe Guy
Thanks, Gob.

I'll need to get my records together and check to see if the website can tell me whether they are highly valuable so I can trade them in on a new and larger house.

Re: Wanna Buy Some 78's?

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:24 am
by Lord Jim
Here's another site with some info you might find useful Joe:

http://www.thoseoldrecords.com/faq.html#1

Re: Wanna Buy Some 78's?

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:01 pm
by Rick
If they are in book form and are fairly (the discs themselves) thick they may be the copies that copies are made from and they tend to be worth a little more.

That's what I hear I'm not a collector