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The Collection of Dr. Vincent DeAndrea

Sat, Aug 5, 2023 01:00PM EDT
Lot 101

Estate Phonograph Disc Collection

Estimate: $100 - $300

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$500 $50
$1,000 $100
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Large collection of 505 discs from the early to mid 20th century. Popular, operatic and foreign language songs. Predominantly 10 and 12" platters but there are numerous unusual discs offered here such as a handful of 5 1/2" Little Wonder recordings, a 6" "Echo" Disc ("Records Your Voice") by Plaza Music Co. of New York and 16" transcription records of marketing materials from the Coca Cola, Plymouth Motor and Chrysler Corporations. Also included: a complete "Chopin Favorites Played by the First Piano Quartet" set, a complete "Your Parakeet's Teacher: 12 Phrases Repeated for Your Parakeet" set, a "Songs by The Dinning Sisters" folder missing all four of its discs, an incomplete "Jupiter's Symphony" by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra set (missing the disc containing sides 4/5), a "Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Address to the Congress of the United States" album, an RCA Victor branded cleaning brush advertising vendor Turner Radio & Appliances, Inc. (Port Chester, NY) and miscellaneous paper sleeves. Not eligible for in-house shipping. Keywords: antique, antiquarian, vintage, midcentury, music, vinyl, shellac

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