Illustrated Song Sheets

Song Sheet Price Guides

In books identified as “price guides,” the authors have attempted to assign values to song sheets. But the explosion of second-hand selling sites on the internet has unearthed hundreds of thousands of song sheets garnered from estate sales, house attics, and piano benches, thereby impacting monetary values. Most of the books listed in this section were published before the internet became widely used. Thus, their valuations are not especially helpful. They are included here for the sake of thoroughness.

1976: Introducing the Song Sheet: A Collector’s Guide with Current PriceList. Helen Westin. NY: Thomas Nelson, Inc. (color illustrations)

1978: American Sheet Music with Prices: A Guide to Collecting Sheet Music from 1775 to 1975. Daniel B. Priest. Des Moines: Wallace Homestead Book Co. (b&w with some color illustrations)

1991: Sheet Music: A Price Guide. Debbie Dillon. Gas City, IN: L-W Book Sales. (b&w illustrations)

1995: Sheet Music: A Price Guide (with Revised Prices). Debbie Dillon. Gas City, IN: L-W Book Sales. (b&w illustrations)

1995: The Sheet Music Reference & Price Guide. Marie-Reine A. Pafik and Anna Marie Guiheen. Paducah, KY: Collector Books. (some small color illustrations)

2000: The Sheet Music Reference & Price Guide. Second Ed. Marie-Reine A. Pafik and Anna Marie Guiheen. Paducah, KY: Collector Books. (some small color illustrations)

2000: Rock ‘n’ Roll Sheet Music: A Reference and Price Guide to the Golden Age of Rock &Roll – the ‘50s and Early ‘60s. John W. Ritchie and John W. Teel. Portland, OR: John Ritchie. (b&w illustrations)

2006: Collecting Rock ‘n’ Roll Sheet Music of the 1960s. Valerie Carallo. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (profusely color illustrated)

2007: Words by Ira Gershwin Sheet Music: A Pictorial Price Guide. Thomas Inglis and Janice Grower. Vena Books.

2010: 1001 Rags: 1897–1920 Rags & Ragtime Sheet Music – A PictorialPrice Guide. Thomas Inglis. Vena Books. (b&w illustrations)