The Al Bernard cylinder is still a good prohibition title and a great find...
Back to my original thread about Royal Purple cylinders - I mentioned that I
found an Arthur Middleton - Freedom for all forever #29011 without a box.
Sunday I found the correct empty box with the correct titled top - what's the
likelihood of that?Curt
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:48:33 -0600
> From: rich-m...@octoxol.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Royal Purple cylinder question
>
> The white coloring was white lead and boiled linseed oil. It turns brown
> with advanced age and eventually falls out.
>
> There are several robins egg blue shade amberols and several purple
> ones, like I said before, Edison cylinder color quality control was not
> teh best.
>
>
> On 12/03/2012 11:00 PM, Bob Maffit wrote:
> > Phono List:
> >
> >
> >
> > A short while ago a thread involving "royal Purple" cylinders had some
> > life. some anomalies were discussed / present, like "blue cylinders" in the
> > middle of the Royal Purple span of numbers or a "maroon colored" cylinder
> > etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > While scanning a lot of cylinders offered for sale in a run of the mill
> > antique shop, my wife grabbed a Purple cylinder from the group thinking it
> > was a "Royal Purple" cylinder. Upon closer examination, it is not a "29XX"
> > numbered cylinder. This one is certainly the Royal Purple color however,
> > the print is not in gold.
> >
> >
> >
> > The cylinder is:
> >
> >
> >
> > 3790 "everyone wants a key to my cellar" by Al Bernard
> >
> >
> >
> > The lettering isn't white or gold, it is the same color of the celluloid )
> > purple). Maybe the color has rubbed or washed out but, it looks like it
> > wasn't ever colored.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts or comments?
> >
> >
> >
> > later
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob
> >
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