Hi Jamie. The 1912 version is a hard one to come by. Charley Hummel's copy is the one that was used to make those repros recently. I now of three selling at auction in the last 5 or 6 years, two went for around $300 and one went for 1000.00 in 2012.
John Robles > On Mar 9, 2015, at 3:50 AM, Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > wrote: > > I’m curious re the Edison Diamond Disc advertising record from 1912; can’t > say I’ve seen a copy does it turn-up at all? > > Jamie > > > > > From: Antique Phonograph List [mailto:phono-l@oldcrank.org] > Sent: Monday, 9 March 2015 9:03 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono find of a lifetime > > Hi Steve > She set her price. I am always hesitant about making an offer; I would > rather the seller state their price and then negotiate to a deal that > benefits us both. The price she quoted me was a little retailish, but not > quite. What made the day was that there were 300 Diamond Discs, and among > them were 9 Long Plays, one with its original sleeve; an Edison Diamond Disc > advertising record from 1912; two Tuning Records; and a copy og Holiday > Greetings from the Bunch at Orange! There were double copies of three of the > long play records, and I put those three on eBay and they went for about > $700. My friend Marc bought the machine and several records, and two Edison > albums from a C-2 that were in the mix. I am left with the Diamond Disc > cabinet (there's a tag on the bottom that says "Recreation Cabinet - Thomas > A. Edison Inc. - Orange NJ". Most of the discs are 51000 and 80000 series. > Many are unplayed dealer stock. All in all it was a great find! > > John Robles > > > On Sunday, March 8, 2015 10:00 PM, Antique Phonograph List > <phono-l@oldcrank.org> wrote: > > > Obviously he bought the stuff from John. > > > On Mar 8, 2015, at 9:30 PM, Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > > wrote: > > > > Someone named Marc has this same story on the Talking Machine forum. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Antique Phonograph List > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 11:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono find of a lifetime > > > > > > Great find John: So? I'm curious - maybe others are too as this does > > happen - did she set the price or did she ask for an offer? I won't pry on > > the $ but curious how it went. > > > > I had a slightly similar thing 30 years ago with an Amberola 1 A - where > > the woman asked for an offer and I gave her a "fair one" at the time > > (knowing that many of the records were common) She had no idea what she had > > and said that if I could increase offer by $25 I could have it. I did and I > > had it! > > > > Steve Ramm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > > <mime-attachment.jpg> > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > >
