Records are sold
in
response to specific want lists
by occasional (actually, infrequent) mail auctions
from
sales lists of 1950s-style
“rockers” and reissue LPs
in package deals for use on wind-up record players
Records are bought
mostly by mail, from properly prepared lists
occasionally
by in-person purchase
Publications
for would-be sellers of 78 rpm records: “Shellac Shack’s Want List of 78
RPM Records”
for collectors of blues, country and popular
78s: reprints of original literature (1927-1951)
for collectors of various styles of popular music: “American Premium Record Guide” by Les Docks
L. R. (Les) Docks