The 100 most valuable Jazz 78 rpm Records of All Time

• 78 rpm

  CHINESE SONG on Single Sided 1903 MONARCH RECORD; Extremely Rare! [78 RPM]

  Sold for 5,949.16 USD on 15 Nov 2015 (21 bids)
• 78 rpm

  prewar pre-war blues 78 GEORGIA BILL Blind Willie McTell OKEH 8936 V HEAR

  Sold for 4,999.95 USD on 27 Jun 2022 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - King Oliver's Jazz Band, Okeh 40034, E+ Jazz

  Sold for 4,738.00 USD on 31 Mar 2025 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals, Paramount 12399, E- Jazz

  Sold for 4,349.77 USD on 24 Nov 2015 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BIRMINGHAM JUG BAND: Giving It Away / Wild Cat Squawl OKEH 8908 Blues 78 E+ HEAR

  Sold for 4,308.00 USD on 16 May 2019 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  PRE WAR JAZZ 78 Bix Beiderbecke Wolverine Orch Need Some Pettin Gennett 20062 E-

  Sold for 4,280.00 USD on 07 Mar 2016 (26 bids)
• 78 rpm

  King Oliver/ Jelly Roll Morton-Tom Cat/King Porter-Autograph 617-1924 recording

  Sold for 3,500.00 USD on 24 Jun 2017 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Black Patti 8046 Michall New Orleans Boys TOLENDANO ST BLUES 78rpm 1930 E-/v+

  Sold for 3,483.00 USD on 31 Oct 2021 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  HOT JAZZ HIGHTOWER NIGHTHAWKS Black Patti 8045 Boar Hog Blues VV+ (legendary !

  Sold for 3,408.00 USD on 22 Jun 2021 (9 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Alphonso Trent And His Orchestra - Gilded Kisses / Louder...78 RPM Gennett 6664

  Sold for 3,205.55 USD on 08 Feb 2019 (31 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Unissued Gennett Master Press . Wolverine Orchestra (Bix Beiderbecke) Tiger Rag.

  Sold for 3,015.13 USD on 04 May 2024 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM SPIKES SEVEN PODS OF PEPPER NORDSKOG 3009 E ORY'S CREOLE TROMBONE - RARE

  Sold for 2,855.00 USD on 23 Nov 2015 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Ernest Mitchell V BLACK PATTI 8046 78rpm

  Sold for 2,816.00 USD on 18 Mar 2024 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JOE BARI / TONY BENNETT 1st Ever Recording 78 RPM Fascinating Rhythm 1949 Leslie

  Sold for 2,600.00 USD on 03 Sep 2021 (1 bid)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - George E. Lee and His Novelty Singing Orchestra, V- Jazz

  Sold for 2,550.00 USD on 31 Oct 2017 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT 5 - ‘DROPPING SHUCKS’ ORIGINAL 1926 OKEH SHELLAC TEST!

  Sold for 2,507.46 USD on 14 Jan 2018 (28 bids)
• 78 rpm

  PRE WAR DANCE BAND 78 Guy Lombardo Unissued Test / Wolverine Orch Bix Tiger Rag

  Sold for 2,358.00 USD on 07 Sep 2015 (11 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM, Victor 23272, Gus Cannon with Jug Stompers Prison Wall Blues/Wolf River Blues

  Sold for 2,346.00 USD on 16 Nov 2018 (7 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JAZZ 78RPM ; BLACK PATTI 8045 - HIGHTOWER'S NIGHT HAWKS Squeeze Me RARE!

  Sold for 2,300.00 USD on 03 Nov 2018 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  JAZZ LILL'S HOT SHOTS Georgia Bo-Bo / Drop That Sack-58 VOCALION 1037 E-/EE-

  Sold for 2,280.55 USD on 03 Oct 2016 (2 bids)
• 78 rpm

  ARTHUR BRIGGS ORCHESTRA "Snag It / Vo-Do-Do-De-O" (E) POLYDOR; Rare! [78 RPM] BERLIN 1928; Rare & Hot Euro Jazz with Al Bowlly Banjo!

  Sold for 2,267.88 USD on 26 Nov 2017 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Columbia 14213, E / E- Jazz

  Sold for 2,125.86 USD on 26 Sep 2017 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - King Oliver Orch./Lloyd Smith Gut-Bucketeers, Vocalion 1617, E Jazz

  Sold for 2,099.00 USD on 25 Apr 2023 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Paramount 12594 Dixieland Thumpers ORIENTAL MAN 78rpm 1927 EE- Dodds Jazz

  Sold for 2,025.00 USD on 11 Jul 2021 (5 bids)
• 78 rpm

  African American Jazz Navy WW2 History USS Bunker Hill Jive Bombers 2 Test 78RPM

  Sold for 2,000.00 USD on 26 Dec 2021 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  PORT OF HARLEM JAZZMEN Rocking The Blues 78 Blue Note 1939 TEST PRESS! ALT TAKE!

  Sold for 2,000.00 USD on 04 Nov 2016 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker BLACK DEUCE COMPLETE SET EX 3x78 Carnegie 9/29/47

  Sold for 1,999.99 USD on 15 Sep 2021 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band, Gennett 5274, E- / V+

  Sold for 1,924.99 USD on 26 Jan 2016 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  PRE WAR JAZZ 78 Bix Beiderbecke Wolverine Orch Riverboat Shuffle Gennett 5454 E+

  Sold for 1,913.00 USD on 21 Mar 2016 (12 bids)
• 78 rpm

  PRE WAR JAZZ 78 Jazz Harmonizers Baileys Lucky 7 Lazy Daddy Claxtonola 40375 E+

  Sold for 1,834.00 USD on 07 Mar 2016 (17 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Gennett 6124 Duke Jackson's Serenaders NOW CUT LOSE! 1927 78 rpm

  Sold for 1,824.99 USD on 06 Aug 2017 (10 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Okeh 40113 Fate Morable Soc Syncos FRANKIE & JOHNNY 78 rpm Jazz 1924 E-to E/EE+

  Sold for 1,820.00 USD on 26 Jun 2022 (12 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncop's Orch. German Polydor 21133 MP3

  Sold for 1,777.88 USD on 24 Sep 2015 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Paramount 12543 D.C. Nelson Serenaders NEW ORLEANS BREAKDOWN E- 78 rpm 1928

  Sold for 1,755.00 USD on 15 May 2016 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BLUES TOMMY JOHNSON Vcvitor 21279 Big Road Blues/Cool Drink of Water G+

  Sold for 1,703.90 USD on 21 Sep 2021 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Ultra Rare Vogue Picture Disc R713-P36 / R713-P34 I've been Working On The Rail

  Sold for 1,700.00 USD on 19 Feb 2018 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  Frank Sinatra Personal Studio Acetate Record Collection 78rpm-45rpm Ava Gardner

  Sold for 1,699.00 USD on 24 Dec 2016 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM Eddie and Sugar Lou's Hotel Tyler Orchestra, Vocalion 1714, E+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,692.00 USD on 07 Sep 2015 (5 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Billy Bartholomew Al Bowlly After My Laughter Came Tears Polydor 21599 MP3

  Sold for 1,665.57 USD on 31 Jul 2016 (19 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BLUES MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT Okeh 8560 Frankie/Nobody Dirty Business. V+

  Sold for 1,600.88 USD on 10 May 2022 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Irene Scruggs (acc. King Oliver Dixie Sync.), Vocalion 1017, E+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,590.50 USD on 31 Oct 2023 (10 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Wolverine Orchestra, Gennett 20062 (Scarce one!), V+ Jazz - Bix

  Sold for 1,580.55 USD on 11 Apr 2017 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Okeh TrueTone 8320 LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT 5 Cornet Chop Suey 78rpm JAZZ 1925 EE+1st

  Sold for 1,568.99 USD on 26 Feb 2024 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Paramount 12619 Charles Pierce Orch CHINA BOY Jazz 1928 78rpm E

  Sold for 1,525.00 USD on 20 Jun 2021 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Columbia 14267D SAM MORGAN JAZZ BAND Over In The Glory Land 78 rpm E- 1927

  Sold for 1,525.00 USD on 07 May 2017 (13 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Victor 23429 Bennie Moten /JELLY ROLL MORTON Load O Coal 78rpm Jazz 1930 EE-/E-

  Sold for 1,514.89 USD on 26 Sep 2021 (7 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JABBO SMITH Decatur Street Tutti Brunswick Race 7078 US-1929 10" 78rpm E+

  Sold for 1,502.00 USD on 25 Apr 2021 (25 bids)
• 78 rpm

  FRANKIE HALF PINT JAXON on Black Patti 8040 Rare 78 RPM

  Sold for 1,500.00 USD on 16 Jul 2017 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  RAY NOBLE AL BOWLLY Midnight, The Stars And You VICTOR 24700 THE SHINING 1980

  Sold for 1,499.99 USD on 17 Nov 2016 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  BIRMINGHAM JUG BAND: Cane Brake Blues OKEH 8866 Pre-War Rare 78 Hear!

  Sold for 1,499.99 USD on 16 May 2019 (1 bid)
• 78 rpm

  HEAR! JOHN WILLIAMS SYNCO JAZZERS PARAMOUNT Down in Gallion CLEAN COPY!

  Sold for 1,499.99 USD on 02 Dec 2019 (1 bid)
• 78 rpm

  OLIVER COBB The Duck Yas Yas Yas Brunswick Race 7107 US-1929 10" 78rpm E+

  Sold for 1,495.78 USD on 14 Mar 2021 (33 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Roberta Dudley (w. Kid Ory's Sunshine Orch.), Sunshine 3001, EE- Jazz

  Sold for 1,488.00 USD on 24 Oct 2017 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  DICK TWARDZIK & CHET BAKER My old flame 1955 french PRIVATE UNRELEASED ACETATE

  Sold for 1,487.50 USD on 22 Jan 2019 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS Riley's Wagon/Feather Bed RCA V-38515 US-1928 10" 78rpm E+

  Sold for 1,465.78 USD on 07 Feb 2021 (19 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Clarence Williams And His Orchestra 78 Shake Em Up Paramount 12587 Super Clean

  Sold for 1,465.78 USD on 17 Jan 2016 (32 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Comedian Harmonists Ninna-Nanna a Llana Gramophone EX ♫MP3♫

  Sold for 1,428.11 USD on 24 Mar 2016 (17 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Ben Berlin - Jumbo / Anna hat Geld . . . - 1928

  Sold for 1,417.37 USD on 29 Jan 2017 (34 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Diva 6064 Georgia Cotton Pickers COTTON PICKERS SHUFFLE 78rpm EE+ JAZZ 1930

  Sold for 1,416.00 USD on 26 Feb 2024 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Lloyd Smith and His Gut Bucket-teers, Vocalion 1573, EE+ / E

  Sold for 1,402.77 USD on 14 Jun 2016 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Columbia 14539, EE+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,402.77 USD on 31 May 2016 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Regina-Orchester Gonna Get a Girl Hot 78RPM Artiphon 03313/4 ⇥MP3⇤

  Sold for 1,384.71 USD on 03 Jan 2024 (11 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Jazz 78 DUKE ELLINGTON Ring Dem Bells VICTOR 22528 test press HEAR 1062

  Sold for 1,338.13 USD on 19 Nov 2023 (13 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Mary Bradford/Ada Brown (Bennie Moten KC Orch), Okeh 8123, E+/EE+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,327.50 USD on 30 Jan 2024 (7 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JAZZ 78RPM; WOLVERINE ORCHESTRA w/ BIX BEIDERBECK GENNETT 5542 Sensation

  Sold for 1,326.00 USD on 10 Sep 2018 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  ROCK?ROCKABILLY ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 209 (orig) Thats All Right/Blue Moon of KY

  Sold for 1,324.99 USD on 07 Sep 2021 (11 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Louis Armstrong w/Erskine Tate's Vendome Orch. Vocalion 1027 Stomp Off, Let's Go

  Sold for 1,313.00 USD on 22 Feb 2017 (18 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Roberta Dudley & Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra, Nordskog 3007, V+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,302.77 USD on 02 May 2017 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - State Street Ramblers, Gennett 6692, E-V+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,302.77 USD on 25 Apr 2017 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Harry James/Frank Sinatra Brunswick 8443 1st Commercial Recording 1939! 78rpm

  Sold for 1,295.00 USD on 03 Apr 2017 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  PRE WAR JAZZ 78 Jazz Harmonizers Baileys 7 Riverboat Shuffle Claxtonola 40339 E+

  Sold for 1,285.00 USD on 07 Mar 2016 (11 bids)
• 78 rpm

  HOT JAZZ 78 Ernst Holzer - Halloh the Hot Vienna Boys Polyphonia 1931 Schellack

  Sold for 1,283.47 USD on 27 Jun 2024 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Tiny Parham, Victor 23426 "Golden Lily" / "Bombay", E Jazz

  Sold for 1,280.00 USD on 24 Mar 2025 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JABBO SMITH - ACE OF RHYTHMS - BRUNSWICK 78 RPM

  Sold for 1,261.67 USD on 29 Mar 2019 (14 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JAZZ 78 ; KLIEN TINDULL PARAMOUNT SERENADERS as BIRMINGHAM BLUETETTE HERWIN

  Sold for 1,260.00 USD on 11 Jan 2016 (2 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Vocalion 15641 SONNY CLAY ORCH Devi'ls Serenade 1928 78 rpm "6 known copies!"

  Sold for 1,247.00 USD on 11 Sep 2016 (8 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78Rpm Set Of 14 Decca Test Pressings Fred Elizalde 1936 Album by HG Penniket EX+ Possibly Only Known set

  Sold for 1,242.90 USD on 18 Aug 2024 (14 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Orch Jazz John Abriani : Just once again / My regular gal 78 rpm HOMOCORD 5011

  Sold for 1,240.79 USD on 28 Apr 2024 (13 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Alex Jackson / Willie Jones Superior 302 I Call You Sugar / Bugs Jazz 78 Rare V+

  Sold for 1,225.00 USD on 15 Jun 2021 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Original Tuxedo Jazz Orch./Clarence Williams Bl 5, Okeh 8215, E- Jazz

  Sold for 1,224.99 USD on 25 Jul 2017 (3 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BLUES MA RAINEY &GA BAND Paramont 12590 Ma RTainey Black Bottom (primo copy! E-

  Sold for 1,212.00 USD on 16 Nov 2021 (7 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Lud Gluskin : I can't give you anything but love 78 tours rpm HOMOCORD 5100 JAZZ

  Sold for 1,207.15 USD on 28 Apr 2024 (15 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BLUES FURRY LEWIS Blind Joe Amos Vocalion 1116 C. & O. BLUES SWEET PAPA MOAN 78

  Sold for 1,201.00 USD on 20 Mar 2022 (Best Offer)
• 78 rpm

  UNPLAYED Equinox/Princeton Triangle Orchestra "Stong Talk"/"No More" Hot Jazz 78

  Sold for 1,200.00 USD on 17 May 2016 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  CHARLIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA: ST.LOUIS BLUES / SLUMMING ON...(RAR + TOP!)

  Sold for 1,194.32 USD on 02 Apr 2017 (18 bids)
• 78 rpm

  AL BOWLLY + BASIL WINSTON & HIS BAND - ‘AT LAST I’M HAPPY’ ON RARE ‘EMPIRE’ 78!

  Sold for 1,170.10 USD on 14 May 2017 (13 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Victor 23357 BENNY MOTEN/WBRBs Depression Stomp Jazz 78rpm 1932 EE-/E super rare

  Sold for 1,151.35 USD on 29 Aug 2021 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM CLARENCE WILLIAMS BROADWAY 5067 E- PANE IN THE GLASS - RARE JAZZ

  Sold for 1,151.00 USD on 12 Oct 2015 (10 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Charlie Parker E Garner Dial Test & Laquer Pressings 78 RPM Be-Bop Jazz RARE!

  Sold for 1,150.00 USD on 15 Dec 2024 (Buy It Now)
• 78 rpm

  Okeh TrueTone 8299 LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT 5 Oriental Strut 78rpm JAZZ 1926 E-

  Sold for 1,142.00 USD on 01 Apr 2024 (13 bids)
• 78 rpm

  BLUES MA RAINEY TUB JuG BAND PARAMOUNT 12699 PROVE IT ON ME. E+

  Sold for 1,136.11 USD on 21 Sep 2021 (2 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Clarence Williams & His Orchestra (King Oliver), QRS 7044, E+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,120.00 USD on 12 Jun 2018 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Ben Berlin Bluebird Sing Me A Song Polydor 22026 MP3

  Sold for 1,115.33 USD on 21 Dec 2015 (16 bids)
• 78 rpm

  HOT JAZZ JACK DAVIS KENTUCYIANS Superior 2610 Sick O Licks (;egendary rare) V+

  Sold for 1,111.00 USD on 14 Sep 2021 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Mega rarity! Red Hot Flexo "Charleston Cabin" Johnnie Campbell Orch 1925 78 rpm

  Sold for 1,106.00 USD on 25 May 2016 (18 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Bennie Moten KC Orch/Washboard Rhythm Boys, Victor 23357, EE+/EE- Jazz

  Sold for 1,104.79 USD on 05 Jul 2022 (7 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Okeh 8471 Jesse Stone Blue Serenaders BOOT TO BOOT 78 rpm 1927 E

  Sold for 1,104.79 USD on 23 Apr 2017 (6 bids)
• 78 rpm

  Comedian Harmonists: Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus - Lebe wohl gute reise Electrola

  Sold for 1,100.14 USD on 11 Mar 2018 (10 bids)
• 78 rpm

  78 RPM - Katherine Henderson acc. Clarence Williams Orch., QRS 7041, E+ Jazz

  Sold for 1,097.72 USD on 15 Aug 2017 (4 bids)
• 78 rpm

  JABBO SMITH - SWEET 'N LOW BLUES - BRUNSWICK 78 RPM

  Sold for 1,092.68 USD on 29 Mar 2019 (20 bids)
• CD
  CSCD 6012 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ANSERMET LONDON CLASSIC COMPACT DISCS
  28 Apr
  89.99 USD