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Do not sell at any price : the wild, obsessive hunt for the world's rarest 78rpm records / Amanda Petrusich.

by Petrusich, Amanda.

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Scribner, 2014.

Sound recordings -- Collectors and collecting.

9781451667059 (hc.)

1451667051 (hc.)

First Scribner hardcover edition.

260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

"Before MP3s, CDs, and cassette tapes, even before LPs or 45s, the world listened to music on 78rpm records--those fragile, 10-inch shellac discs. While vinyl records have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, good 78s are exponentially harder to come by and play. A recent eBay auction for the only known copy of a particular record topped out at $37,100. Do Not Sell at Any Price explores the rarified world of the 78rpm record--from the format’s heyday to its near extinction--and how collectors and archivists are working frantically to preserve the music before it’s lost forever."--Fomr publisher.

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