Friday, July 2, 2010

this week's roundup of the top ten selling 78's

Roundup of the top ten 78's on eBay last week...

1)Sun 184 Big Memphis Marainey Baby No No $3056
2)Paramoun 12955 Arnold Wiley Spider In Your Dumpling/Jumping Blues 2083
3)Okeh 45289 Carter Brothers & Son Old Jaw Bone/Fiddler a Dram 1252
4) Brunswick 7087Jabbo Smith Rhythm Aces Lina Blues/Croonin' the Blues 954
5)Okeh 8960 Memphis Jug BandMary Anna Cut Off/Memphis Showdown 954
6)Black Patti 8040 Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon Can't You Wait til You Get Home/I'm Gonna Steal You 811
7)Victor 40324 Grayson & Whitter I Saw a Man at the Close of Day/I've Always Been A Rambler 787
8)Brunswick 7132 George E. Lee OrchestraPaseo Strut/If I Could Be With You 750
9)Melotone 5.11.58 Buddy Moss See What You Done Done/Going to Your Funeral in a Vee Eight Ford 711
10)Sun 209 Elvis Presley That's All Right/Blue Moon 625


Speaking of Sun & Elvis, a lot of all 5 Elvis Suns went for a shade over $2000...prices have dropped. I sold a Sun 209 about 12 years ago for 2600 in excellent condition.

Also note, I have excluded classical 78s from the above list, as I know very little about classical 78s.

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