Hi, just wondered if anyone has sold a 78? I have a copy of Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson on UK Coral Records..Iam a bit nervous how to pack it,,shellac's very brittle ..Thanks Paul

Hey Paul
Yeah, loads.

This is the basics. You can adapt eg newspaper not peanuts but any thing that looks sorta like this will be fine
14 x 14 x 5 are the boxes I tend to use  but anything close is fine.
Good luck


https://www.claxtonola.com/shipping78s/


 

Thanks Smithy .I will give it a Go...Paul

Edited May 27, 20168 yr by jimmy clitheroe

It's tried and tested so you should be fine

I've sold a few 78s including some to Germany. I got some very stiff cardboard from a car body repairer who saves it for me. It comes as boxes for Land Rover/Jaguar body parts so has to withstand being thrown around the backs of vans. Other car companies seem to use thinner card but still fairly strong. The parcel was two outer thick cards and one thin inner card with a circle cut out to hold the disc. It wasn't very heavy but was almost impossible to bend. All the discs arrived safely.

Rick

pack between two thick pieces of polystyrene and put in a box

Ok Thanks Lads 

double boxing really is the key 

On 27 May 2016 at 13:24, jimmy clitheroe said:

Hi, just wondered if anyone has sold a 78? I have a copy of Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson on UK Coral Records..Iam a bit nervous how to pack it,,shellac's very brittle ..Thanks Paul

Sorry to come across as negative, but the 78 collecting scene is very fickle - and despite what price guides say, the number of collectors is dwindling and prices dropping. A quick check of ebay shows Reet Petites selling for an average of a fiver. Could be a lot of work for not a huge return...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=jackie%20wilson%20reet%2078&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

I used to have thousands of 78 rpm records.

They mostly all sold... still have a few, however

Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, and many others.

We recently found a Robert Johnson 78 here in Crowley, LA (i work with Master-Trak record company)

As far as selling... it depends on the artist.
Some 78s, I can't give away.

Edited June 1, 20168 yr by VinylvilleLA

Anyone found a 78 of Darrell Banks on London yet ?

Edited June 11, 20168 yr by smudger

frozen food comes in double coragated boxes, which might serve your purpose