Sheet Music Reference And Price Guide (Sheet Music Reference & Price Guide) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Anna M. Guiheen (Author), Marie A. Pafik (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1995 | Series: Sheet Music Reference & Price Guide

The Sheet Music Reference and Price Guide helps the collector discern the really rare and valuable sheet music from the common pieces. This second edition is once again produced in full color. There are over 13,000 listings with date, artist, lyricist, composer, and a current collector value. The beautiful 275+ full-color photographs of these artistic pieces of sheet music have made this new second edition a bestseller. Anyone interested in art, nostalgia, or sheet music will enjoy this book. 2004 values.

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This book has been a bestseller for many years, containing thousands upon thousands of listings. Date, title, composer, and current collector value are provided for each listing, and hundreds of color photographs are interspersed throughout the book.

About the Author

Anna Marie Guiheen spent 45 years as a bookkeeper and office manager for a local bookstore. After retiring, she toyed with the idea of taking organ lessons. Her sister, Marie-Reine Pafik, asked her about doing a reference guide to sheet music, and the organ lessons were put on hold. They co-authored The Sheet Music Reference and Price Guide.

Marie-Reine A. Pafik was an estate liquidator and appraiser by profession. After 30 years of experience in business she felt it was time to share her knowledge with others, and she and her sister co-authored The Sheet Music Reference and Price Guide. At the time of her death, her sheet music collection numbered in the 7,000s and spanned the 1830s to the 1970s.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books; 2 edition (May 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891456481
• ISBN-13: 978-0891456483
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #809,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Super Reference Work For Sheet Music Collectors, April 9, 2000

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This 320 page volume contains over 13,000 listings of sheet music! There are over 300 full color pictures of sheet music covers and prices updated for the year 2,000. In addition to the alphabetical listing of songs and current prices, there are chapters on Cover Artists, Performers & Composers, Misc. categories ranging from advertising, black face, military, to patriotic, sports and WW I and II. There isn't a lot of back ground information, but a ton of listings, dates and prices. A valuable reference source for sheet music collectors.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive list of music, but I wanted more help to start, October 15, 1998

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I was pleasantly surprised at how attractive the book was. It is in the same format as a good book of modern music, slick cover, etc. I feel the information was incredibly thorough as far as listing the names and wanted features in old music. It specializes in piano sheet music, first editions and pretty covers, for the most part. As a rank beginner in this field, I had hoped for more tips as to where and how to sell one's "find" if they were lucky enough to have one. I would have enjoyed knowing more basics about collecting music. Are there shows? How has the value of music increased over time? I didn't realize the book would only cover individual sheet music...no collections of songs, no teaching materials, etc. I would have also wished for a way to tell who had done the front designs (none of mine gave obvious artists credits), and how to determine more easily if one had a first edition or not. I have a container of old music that stacks three feet deep and four feet long and two feet wide, yet not one piece qualified. Nevertheless, I think I will keep the book in my car for future garage sale forages. You never know! I had some pieces that I felt might potentially have a market that were not in the list, but overall the list was exhaustive. I am very impressed by the work that went into this book. One other thing I liked is that the values have been updated in l997 so its newer than the description really sites. I am glad this book exists. Linda Schiller-Hanna

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book, very informative and helpful >, August 19, 1999

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[e-mail] Tony Capece, Semper Fi ! (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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I just purchased this book from Amazon.com. and thought it was an excellant guide, however I am new collector of WW II sheet music and was disappointed that there were not more Titles available for this period of time out of 140 sheets I could not find reference to 47 of them, The book still is a great asset to all us collectors'.