CONSIGNMENT SERVICES
For over 25 years Joe Lauro has held 1000s of catalogue and on-line auctions of rare pre-war 78s. Joe runs weekly auctions on EBAY under the user name ONEMINTJULIP10 and consistently realizes the highest prices paid at auction.
Recently Joe auctioned a ROBERT JOHNSON on VOCALION that sold for over $12,000 and a few years back achieved the highest EVER price paid for a 78 - $32,000 for a one of a kind GENNETT by KING OLIVER...WHY can we get these prices?
- IMPECCABLE REPUTATION AS A DEALER
- 30 YEARS OF COLLECTING/DEALING EXPERIENCE
- A BUYER LIST OF 1000's OF PRIVATE AND
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS
If you think you have the antique 78 RPM RECORDS WE BUY, send us an email with: 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). After we review your list, we will contact you.
78 RPM Record Appraisals
Sell your old records (Vintage Shellac, Victrola or 78 RPMs)
If you or a family member were a SERIOUS COLLECTOR of pre-war jazz, blues, ragtime, cajun or country 78s and need a TRUE VALUE appraisal for estate planning purposes c0ntact us.
View our GALLERY OF 78RPM RECORD LABELS to see examples of the 78s WE BUY.
We have appraised some of the largest INSTITUTIONAL and PERSONAL collections.
Recent 78 RPM Record Appraisals of note
MILT GABLER
Former owner of COMMODORE MUSIC SHOP and legendary record producer
RECORDS REVISITED
Joe Lauro of Historic Music created the appraisal for a vintage record collection of 250,000 78s which were donated to Syracuse University by the family of New York City’s LAST 78RPM Record store.
TEO MACERO
Teo was the top Jazz producer for Columbia Records from the 1950s until his retirement in the 1990s. He produced MILES DAVIS’s classic albums and helped establish DAVE BRUBECK as a top jazz recording artist. Joe Lauro of Historic Music created the appraisal used by Teo for the donation of his massive old record collection to George Washington University.
