I'm looking for a specific berliner record (0572), and kurt nauck isn't responding to my emails. What other collectors could I contact? Or where else could I look for this?

I have two large suitcases of 78s and I know nothing about them. From searching the interwebs I've discerned that the disc's worth any value are typically old blues or jazz and if I'm being honest I cannot tell if that's what have.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to value and dispose of these? I do have a Discogs account but haven't really explored that yet. I'm not super excited about googling each one individually but realize that might be the best bet. I REALLY want to avoid trashing them but I'm pressed for space.

https://youtu.be/5xoW5goP7ec?si=ahFfqjd8LzfRBh_g

For those that delve deep in Paramount sessions. Back in 2022, I was able to confirm, with the help of the late Chris Strachwitz, this side contains the wrong song. It actually contains the same audio as Pm12908 "Je Te Rencontrais De Le Brulier" as suspected based on the lyrics. The audio on "Brulier" was pressed on the side meant for "Canal". When you compare the two pressings and examine the error side for similarities, there are none. Each contain different titles, different catalog numbers, different flipsides, different matrix numbers stamped in wax, .... but same exact audio. How does this happen in the factory? What a mess. To this day, the intended audio for "Canal" has never surfaced.

(Now, if you have a copy of "Canal" and the audio does not sound like this, please reach out to me )

https://preview.redd.it/1iyx4rmni55e1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=523f08cd62ab2c40be1ba77587ad36ae8b489b73

https://reddit.com/link/1h7smlf/video/j0vf8wfsi55e1/player

I have a large collection (hundreds) of 78rpm discs from early single sided through WWII era V-Discs. Mostly pop and jazz, some blues, some race records, some classical. A large and eclectic mix.

This collection is seeking a new home as I am down-sizing. Any interest?

I learned about Grey Gull records while I was looking for a 78 label for some digital art and wanted to see if there was a record company in Boston. Looking at Grey Gull's Wikipedia entry raises more questions for me. The founder, Theodore Lyman Shaw, also founded a music school in the Dorchester neighborhood, and the label had a studio in the South End. Does anyone know if Grey Gull released any records by Boston-based artists prior to the label's move to NYC in 1926?