Any body know where to find out information on 78s records eg how much they might be worth?

Question

Norman wisdom, elvis presley, bing crosby, jackie wilson, jerry lee lewis, slim whitman nat king cole!

Answer 1

You need to get a professional in Hun, that way they can check out their condition as well and then you'll know the real worth rather than asking people on here.

Answer 2

As mentioned in the answer above, talent scout H.C. Speirs owned a store in Jackson Mississippi, and I think it was a furniture and drygoods store. He sold records and record players too. I believe he also had the ability to record discs at his store, and did some vanity records and recorded the bluesmen that he found as a talent scout.That Martin Scorsese Blues show on PBS had a piece showing this if I remember right. Anyway are any of those discs around? This material could come from his store. He surely would have had catalogs and promotional material for the records he sold, along with all the demo discs he recorded. And who knows, maybe he did have some of his artists filmed. I assume he's passed away, but did anyone ever ask him or his family? Could the questioner please post at least a few more details? This could be a historic find, so if you sell it, do make sure that it doesn't disappear into a private collection, and that the public gets to see and hear this material.

Answer 3

This looks like a good website for you to visit, as it has so many possibilities and gives tips: 'Do you have a stash of old records you'd like to sell? Whether you call them vinyl, phonograph, LP, or gramophone records, here is a primer on how to make a treasure out of them. This guide specifically applies to 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and 33 1/3 rpm (LP) records.' Link below

Answer 4

There is a section on e bay. Don't think you can get very much for them though.
You may be lucky and have a rarity. I don't know if there are specialist magazines. Try going to a record fair and asking around.

Answer 5

There aren't any guides online, that I know of. But, there are several books that you can buy. Go to Amazon or Barnes and noble and do a search for record or vinyl price guides.

Answer 6

Check out a magazines called Goldmine, and Record Collector... I find that they are very informative and give you good guidelines for selling your vinyls... good luck

Answer 7

the best waty to find out is buy acopy of (RECORD COLLECTOR RARE RECORD PRICE GUIDE)
or you could buy the magazine record collector out 1st every month and order back copies elvis can be valuble dont forget prices are only for mint condition only

Answer 8

heres a great link to get you started all labels etc are here and it is so informative i use this site to get info on my 78's good luck:


http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/labelindex.htm

Answer 9

e bay