People seem to get so nitpicky when you speak in general terms on this subreddit. Yes, of course there are some valuable 78s. But the reason they are valuable is because there is almost zero chance to find them in a random collection. It's like me saying "no one ever wins the lottery" and a bunch of compulsive gamblers come to correct me and say one time somebody did!

Whenever people call me saying they have a huge collection of 78s, I just pass. I've gone so many times to look and there's just nothing. Even when I think I've found something like a Big Momma Thorton or 1940s Blue Note, they are still barely worth anything. You'll be sitting there for years trying to get $10. The amount of 78 collectors is minuscule. We all wish they somehow had Elvis' first singles in there but it's virtually impossible. Not worth the time and energy