78s We Buy
There are BILLIONS of antique records out there. We are only interested in very specific ones.. no BIG BAND, no CLASSICAL, no SHOW MUSIC, no ALBUM SETS and no 1940s-50s records.
Only contact us AFTER you have looked at our gallery of 78 RPM LABELS WE BUY and 78 RPM LABELS WE DONT BUY.
- We get 100's of calls a day and want to be sure we are not wasting each other's time.
- If you think you have the antique records we buy, email us a list that includes LABEL NAME, ARTIST and CATALOG NUMBER.
- LAUNCH ANATOMY OF 78 RPM RECORD LABELS to help you find this info.
- You can also use our downloadable 78 RPM RECORD INFO FORM (PDF).
If you want to SELL YOUR OLD 78s and have a COLLECTION or ACCUMULATION of VINTAGE 78 RPM RECORDS from your ATTIC, or BASEMENT, from AUCTIONS or the inside of your OLD VICTROLA, from your PARENTS or GRANDPARENTS and want GREAT PRICES for them, you've come to the right place.
Why Sell To JOE LAURO's
OLD 78s ?
- IMMEDIATE CASH PAID
- FAST COURTEOUS SERVICE
- Will travel anywhere for the RIGHT COLLECTIONS. We recently travelled to Holland to purchase a collection of 3000 VINTAGE 78 RPM RECORDS.
- 30 YEARS OF IMPECCABLE SERVICES AND REFERENCES.
Got Any Of These 78 RPM Records To Sell?
See our 78RPM LABEL GALLERY or the tabbed lists below to
learn more about the antique 78s WE BUY.
- AMERICAN RECORD (blue shellac with indian label)
- AUTOGRAPH
- BANNER
- BERLINER (7" black with white etched writing)
- BLACK PATTI
- BLACK SWAN
- BLUE - DISC
- BLUEBIRD (2000, 5000-7000 series only pretty yellow/blue label)
- BROADWAY
- BRUNSWICK (small black & gold label, 100-600, 3500-7300)
- BUDDY
- CAMEO (1735-3700)
- CHALLENGE (100-900)
- CHAMPION (15000-17000)
- CHAPPELLE AND STINNETTE
- CLARION
- CLAXTONOLA
- CLIMAX RECORD (one sided)
- COLUMBIA ( black label and blue label only)
- CONQUERER (7000-8000)
- CROWN ( 3000s)
- DECCA ( blue 7000-7300 only)
- DIVA (100-2800, 6000s)
- DOMINO (100-400, 3500+)
- EDISON (thick records 52000s only)
- EDISON ("Needle Cut")
- ELECTRADISK
- EMERSON (31000+)
- EVERYBODY'S
- FLEXO (paper thin plastic record)
- GEM
- GENNETT (5000-7500)
- GREY GULL (very few)
- HARMONY (100H-1400H)
- HERSHAL GOLD SEAL
- HERWIN
- HOLLYWOOD
- HOMESTEAD
- MADISON (very few)
- MARCONI VELVET TONE (thin one sided)
- MELOTONE (12000-13500, 18000)
- MERITT
- MITCHELL
- MONARCH (one sided)
- MONTGOMERY WARD (black or red & yellow labels only)
- NORDSKOG
- OKEH (black or red labels only 8000+, 40000-41800, 45000+)
- ORIOLE (select few)
- PARAMOUNT (12000-13000+ blue or black label)
- PARLOPHONE (American, 34000-35000 only)
- PAR-O-KET
- PATHE (many variations)
- PERFECT (100-300, 14500-17000, other misc)
- QRS
- RADIEX (select few)
- RIALTO
- ROMEO (misc)
- SILVERTONE (misc)
- SUNRISE
- SUNSET
- SUNSHINE
- SUPERIOR (1000s & 9000s)
- TIMELY TUNES
- VAN DYKE (select few)
- VICTOR (3000's, 20-5500 all one sided, ..23000s, 38000s, 40000s, and select 20,000-24500s all scroll label)
- VITAPHONE (one sided 12 or 16" discs)
- VOCALION (1000-3500, 15000s, 5000s gold and black or black label only)
- SILVERTONE (misc)
- WISE
- ZONOPHONE (one sided black or green)
We also buy:
- Old CONCERT, VAUDEVILLE, MINSTREL SHOW and SHOW BIZ RELATED posters and original photographs ( 1860s-1950s)
- Old OUT-SIDE HORN PHONOGRAPHS
- 1950-60 JAZZ, BLUES and R&B 33 1/3 Record Albums
- EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, GOSPEL, CAJUN and some DANCE BANDS, POPULAR SINGERS, HISTORICAL and SPOKEN WORD 78 RPM RECORDS.
- Other important information you might find on the record labels is STOMP, STRING BAND, JUG BAND, RAG, COON SONG, GUITAR ACC, FOX-TROT, FOR DANCING, CAKE WALK, PIANO SOLO, HOT STRING BAND, HOT DANCE.
