Old records
 

I have a bunch of 1930's 78 rpm records, mostly classical records, all in mint condition. Also have a bunch of 1960's 45 rpm records. Looking to get rid of them. Record stores in the area are not interested. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Sell them on Ebay.

There is a guy who advertises in the wanted section of this site, he appears to be looking all the time.

78's are a tough to get rid of, everyone that enjoyed that music is now listening to harps. The 45's are like old stamps, some are worthless and other have some value but few and far between. We moved down here 7 years ago and I finally found someone that would come and take all of mine at no cost, saved me hauling them to a trash site.

Back in the day (about age ten as I recall) my brothers and I along with a couple of friends got into the attic of an old abandoned house a couple of miles away. Had to rig up a pretty shaky-looking ladder to do it. Anyway we found boxes of old 78 RPM records, all in their original jackets and some looking brand-new. I remember that they all had that dog picture listening to an old wind-up phonograph on the label.

Made great slingshot targets.

Do what I did in mid 60s with 78s flinging them like clay pigeons and shot them with my semi auto shot gun.

The dog is Nipper - RCA trademark.

If you called out that dog's name today, somebody would take offense and sue you or call The Man on you.

Records
 

If looking to give away, call local public schools to see if music teachers want them or if you don’t mind them being repurposed then art teachers. Also, maybe the asst living places or nursing homes to see if they want to play for residents music from their time.

Pass them to your heirs - they will be worth a lot of $ someday.

If any of the 45’s are Beatle records you may be able to sell them at the Beatlemaniacs meeting. They meet every Friday at 10 at Odel rec center.

Theyre not valuable now, decades later. They wont have much of a value in several more decades. Use them as frisbees

I have seen a sign somewhere along 470 that says "I buy records." I always chuckle and think "who has records?" I will see if the sign is still out there and send you the number.

I made bowls out of mine. They make great conversation pieces at a party.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-s...l=JacquiJoseph

vinyl is making a come back but hard to get much money for them these days unless they are the ones that are in demand. digital music is where everything is these days so if you do get some cash for them it might not be much. Some people repurpose them for art.
good luck in your adventures

I still have Great Grandma's crank phonograph player with ballpoint size needle and the super thick records. I still play it every now and then. Grandkids think it is a hoot.

45 records
 

Try contacting Jim McGreevey. 352-697-0087. He bought some of our records recently.
He also is a performer around The Villages area of 50's & 60's doo wop oldies music.

I have to but them on the drive and my neighbors who were interested took them. No one was interested in purchasing.

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There are always valuable items in all categories of collectibles , these are the rarities that you hear about once every several years like the inverted airplane postage stamp. The OP has 78's and 45's very, very, very few in that category have values like you noted here.

78 RPM Shellac?
 

I would be very interested in any that are shellac. Please PM me if you have those. Thanks.

INTERNET ARCHIVE
This is a great archiving site that would love to have your old records, especially because they're in pristine condition. They archive lots of media of all types for future generations. I urge you to explore this :BigApplause:

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