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In Reply to: Met an in-law family's friend who has an amazing collection of 78s: posted by tinear on July 15, 2014 at 20:05:43:
I have investigated similar circumstances and what antiques experts tell me is that most popular and classical 78 rpm records are not worth anything compared to the costs of cataloging them, photgraphing them, and advertising them. Yes, there are always exceptions that prove the rule. But to cite two examples, Enrico Caruso 78s (except the absolute earliest and most rare) and John Philip Sousa 78s are just not worth what one might think, simply because there were so many of them.
I am told that the categories of 78s that can be quite valuable include:
"Race" records--records made and marketed to African-Americans, as distinct from "crossover" artists like Cab Calloway.
Yiddish records, either spoken word or musical theater, and cantorial 78s. Obviously, a small market requiring expertise.
Early "cowboy" and country music.
Early authentic blues, obviously.
Early jazz but not reissues of early jazz.
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The rubric might be, items on the biggest labels (RCA, Columbia, etc.) and the kind of things that the biggest labels put out are valuable inversely to their popularity. Whereas something that is rare is not NECESSARILY valuable, it is more likely to be more valuable than something that was a household name.
Ciao,
John
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