It's a treat to catch sight of the angelic camerawoman!

I also collect 78 rpm records myself and have often seen people send records incorrectly packaged. It is always a pity to see beautiful and rare records damaged and especially when it could have been prevented! Nice and clear video, thank you very much!

Glad you are showing folks some of the outrageous ways sellers often send 78 rpms through the mails. After numerous "snafus" with broken discs, I finally began to assume that Ebay sellers who did not specialize in 78s - might not have-a-clue as to how to pack/ship. I discreetly suggest sandwiching discs between cardboard squares. Recently, I mailed a rare Black Patti disc using unplayable Edison diamond discs as sandwiching material. Vertical packing as you have mentioned - is so important - is seems that the rarest 78s are always the ones to break first. [Retired sound recordings archivist - Library of Congress].

Nice to see Matcha helping out. This is very helpful since I’ll have to move mine soon!

Wut do da puddy tats think!😂🤣😂🤣

Sealed plastic sleeves are rapid death to 78s stored in any fashion in alternating freezing and warming temperatures.

This is painful to watch!!!! But you have some wonderful helpers!

This would be true of any vinyl records no matter the size wouldn’t it?

I would like to hear how one played with the bubble wrap marks. Still way to many to store like that.

Hi Brett and Cheryl.

That was painful to watch, but informative!

I store my records horizontally on the wood shelves inside the victrola. Is this a problem? I figured they were made for that. All of mine are in papar sleeves though.

I love 78s and this video was particularity hard to watch

What about making sleeves from newspaper if you don't have paper sleeves available?

How about 1 gallon Ziploc bags for storage?

I think I know what happened to the records. You may not be aware of this, but I saw two furry quadrapeds lurking around that bin. Knowing of their frisky, wild behavior, I think they are the culprits!

All my (78s) are stored in book albums. In handling these type of albums, never, never open these up laying flat...keep them in a vertical position when removing records!

Please avoid placing your fingertips on the grooved playing surfaces of the record. It creates oil and grime on the record surface, affecting the sound quality. Handle by the edges with just your palms. To play a record, your longest finger should be at the spindle hole, with your palm at the edge. Most 78's are made of shellac and are very fragile. The least bump, jar or fumble results with a chipped, cracked or broken record.

Broken records...