78s We Don't Buy

We only buy SPECIFIC TYPES of records ... JAZZ, BLUES, GOSPEL and COUNTRY 78s from 1895-1935.

78RPM Record Label GalleryOnly 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 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).

The Old 78's WE DON'T BUY Fall Into These Categories:

  • BIG BAND SWING (late 1930s-50s), ORCHESTRA/CLASSICAL
  • POST 1936 COUNTRY & WESTERN
  • POST 1935 POPULAR SINGERS & VOCAL GROUPS, CHILDRENS RECORDS or BROADWAY SHOW MUSIC (like White Christmas)
  • POST 1935 OPERATIC

We Also DO NOT BUY:

  • 45 RPM RECORDS (they are 7", have a large hole in the middle and were popular AFTER the end of the 78 RPM era)
  • 78 RPM ALBUM SETS (like Oklahoma)
  • MULTI-RECORD SETS by MODERN JAZZ BOP ARTISTS of the 50's.
  • 1960s-90s 12" LP ALBUMS (like Kiss)

We Don't Buy Any Of These 78 RPM Records

See the tabbed lists below and our 78RPM LABEL GALLERY for
examples of the 78 RPM LABELS WE DON'T BUY.

  • Al Goodman
  • Al Jolson (Decca)
  • Andrews Sisters
  • Arthur Godfrey
  • Artie Shaw
  • Benny Goodman
  • Billy Butterfield
  • Bing Crosby (Decca)
  • Bob Crosby
  • Bob Eberly
  • Cab Calloway (Vocalion)
  • Clyde McCoy
  • Count Basie
  • Danny Kaye
  • Dean Martin
  • Dennis Day
  • Dina Shore
  • Edde Fisher
  • Eddy Duchin
  • Enrico Caruso
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Frankie Laine
  • Gale Storm
  • Gene Krupa
  • Ginny Simms
  • Glen Gray
  • Glen Miller
  • Guy Lombardo
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Harry James
  • Jan Savitt
  • Jimmy Dorsey
  • John Kirby
  • Johnny Mathis
  • Johnny Mercer
  • Julie London
  • Lawence Welk
  • Les Brown
  • Liberace
  • Lionel Hampton
  • Louis Armstrong (Decca)
  • Lucky Millinder
  • Mario Lanza
  • Mark Weber
  • Mills Brothers (Decca)
  • Mitch Miller
  • Nat King Cole
  • Orin Tucker
  • Pat Boone
  • Pearl Bailey
  • Peggy Lee
  • Perry Como
  • Ray Anthony
  • Ray McKinley
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Shep Fields
  • Skike Jones
  • Tex Beneke
  • Tommy Dorsey
  • Tony Pastor
  • Tony Bennett
  • Woody Herman
  • Xavier Cugat
  • Many Others...
  • Francis Alda
  • Elise Baker
  • Enrico Caruso (Victrola)
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  • Edith Day
  • Emilio DeGorgoza
  • Guiseppe DeLuca
  • Mischa Elman
  • Geraldine Farrar
  • Amelita Galli-Curci
  • Alma Gluck
  • Philadelphia Harmonic
  • Jascha Heifetz
  • Louise Homer
  • Fritz Kreisler
  • Nancy Kulp
  • Harry Lauder
  • Lucy Isabelle Marsh
  • John McCormack
  • Lambert Murphy
  • Victor Concert Orchestra
  • Victor Light Opera
  • Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy
  • Ignaz Jan Paderewski
  • Rachmaninoff
  • Tito Ruffo
  • Ernestine Schumann-Heink
  • Shannon Quarter
  • Reinald Werrenrath
  • Efrem Zimbalist
  • Many Others...
  • Roy Acuff
  • Eddy Arnold
  • Bob Atcher
  • Gene Autry (Columbia, Okeh)
  • Molly Bee
  • Johnny Bond
  • Blue Sky Boys (King)
  • Sweet Violet Boys
  • Buchanan Brothers
  • Delmore Brothers (King)
  • Shelton Brothers
  • Elton Britt
  • Cliff Brunner
  • Cowboy Copas
  • Spade Cooley
  • Jimmy Davis (Decca)
  • Al Dexter
  • Little Jimmy Dickens
  • Wally Fowler
  • Gene O'Guin
  • Stuart Hamblin
  • Hoosier Hotshots
  • Buddy Jones
  • George Jones
  • Grandpa Jones
  • Bill Monroe
  • Patsy Montana
  • Webb Pierce
  • Ray Price
  • Bob Wills Texas Playboys
  • Flatt And Scruggs
  • Hank Thompson
  • Ernest Tubb
  • Hoosier Hot Spots
  • Roy Rodgers
  • Montana Slim
  • Kitty Wells
  • Slim Whitman
  • Hank Williams
  • Bob Wills
  • Many Others...

We are also not interested in easy listening,
pop, comedy, exercise or foreign lanquage records.