When you begin a collection
If you are looking for something to collect, I might suggest starting with old sheet music.
This old paper is easily found just about anywhere due to the music having been published and sold in mass quantities.
Just like the old vinyl records and compact discs of today, sheet music for specific songs sold a million or more copies. Any piano player would buy the music to play for family or friends and these copies have been saved by the generations afterward.
Table of Contents
- How do I start my collection?
- Music Related Items at CafePress
- Topics To Consider for Your Collection
- Amazon Music Items
- Well Known Sheet Music Cover Artists
- Masterprint of Ukelule Lady Art Deco Style
- Some Great Sites to Visit
- Sheet Music Guy Lombardo - Maggie Blues
- Add Your Own Links Here
- Sheet Music Photos
- Sheet Music Art Print
- Sheet Music Tweets
- Sheet Music Cover Beautiful Star of Heaven
How do I start my collection?
Many people will decide on a particular area or style of sheet music for their collection. Most will chose the sheet music for the illustration on the cover. Popular celebrities, sports icons, historical events and lovely ladies are a few of the most popular types of collections.Sheet music is found at garage sales, estate sales, local flea markets, antique shops, and of course on line websites. You should be able to purchase most sheet music for under $10. Beware of sellers who identify sheet music as being rare. It would be highly unlikely that any piece is rare - they were produced and sold by the hundreds of thousands. There are a few in that rare and hard to find area. So politely ask the seller to explain why a piece is particularly rare or hard to find before you purchase it.
Music Related Items at CafePress
Topics To Consider for Your Collection
1. Pick a specific era of music such as popular songs of a decade. Maybe songs from the 1930s.2. Show Tunes - Broadway Songs or songs from movies
3. Pretty women done by popular artists
4. Style of a cover such as Art Deco or Art Nouveau
5. Celebrity Covers
6. Military Songs
Amazon Music Items
Classic Rock Sheet Music Hits
Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 11/10/2009) 
The Best in Movie Sheet Music
Amazon Price: $9.56 (as of 11/10/2009)
Sheet Music Magazine
Amazon Price: $24.97 (as of 11/10/2009)
Framed 1920 Sheet Music Cover from Past Time Sports
Amazon Price: $52.27 (as of 11/10/2009)
Well Known Sheet Music Cover Artists
One category of collecting old sheet music is by the Artist who illustrated the cover. Here is a list of well known Cover Artists.Sharmer Brothers - William and Frederick
Edward Pfeiffer
John Frew
Albert Barbelle
R. S. (Rosebud)
Gene Buck
Henry Reichard
Sydney Leff
Frederick S. Manning
Clare Victor Dwiggens
Bill Edwards
Masterprint of Ukelule Lady Art Deco Style
Some Great Sites to Visit
- Antique and Vintage Piano Sheet Music
- I sell antique and vintage piano sheet music. Old sheet music is great for framing and decorating your music room, or for its original purpose, playing! All of my music is original from the time period stated. Go check out my eBay store: www.shellyssheetmusicandmore.com!
- The Old Rugged Cross
- What is your favorite hymn? One of the most popular song is 'The Old Rugged Cross'. It was written in 1912 by George Bennard (1873-1958). This lens is a tribute to this great hymn with links and resources that any Gospel song enthusiast would find useful! ____________ The Old Rugged Cross Lyrics On
- My Granny's Attic
- We have a full stock of vintage sheet music and collectible sheet music for everyone if you love old songs and sheet music we can help including hard to find and out of print sheet music. Antique sheet music and vintage sheet music.
- De Witt & Co - Sheet Music
- Offering for sale vintage and antique sheet music from the 1800s through the mid-1900s. Web store featuring vintage textiles, sewing patterns, vintage magazines and ephemera.
- The Retrovert Vintage Sheet Music Art
- A collection of restored Vintage Sheet Music Art printed on Shirts, Greeting Cards, Postcards, Posters and Coffee Mugs.
Sheet Music Guy Lombardo - Maggie Blues
Add Your Own Links Here
I'm sure I've missed a few really great websites about Sheet Music...feel free to add your favorite! My only requirement is that you either sell old Sheet Music or your website is about collecting the sheet music. Any other links will be removed.
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Sheet Music Tweets
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- IdeasForSuccess
- Christmas Nativity Play For All Groups, Church, School. With Script, Carols Sheet Music, Rehearsal, Production - http://budurl.com/9uph
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- iwFD
- i'm looking for @michaelwsmith 's music sheet for this song: #Christmas Angels an amazing song. anyone?
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- tearzable
- Trying to play new song , reflection mulan version on piano. Got music sheet on www.1001sheets.com-->from felix yaay !
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- RootsRadio
- 2009 Pop & Rock Sheet Music Playlist: Piano/Vocal/Chords - by Alfred Publishing Staff. http://tinyurl.com/y874d4f http://bit.ly/43YuIq
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- entertain_book
- 2009 Pop & Rock Sheet Music Playlist: Piano/Vocal/Chords - by Alfred Publishing Staff. http://tinyurl.com/y874d4f
Sheet Music Cover Beautiful Star of Heaven
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Joan4 wrote...
Wow! When our daughter got married, my sister had framed a piece of my mom's sheetmusic - with her signature on it! What a treasure!
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When I was a kid I was fascinated with the stuff. Even bought some although I couldn't play anything. I thought it was magic. Wish I still had them *****
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