Improved 7"  Gramophone Pre Victor Eldridge Johnson Phonograph Record     

$

494

NO RESERVE AUCTION

This record is for the vintage record collector that knows what they are looking at.

PLEASE,  VIEW THE PICTURES PROVIDED…

Both the record and the label show well..  No cracks, scratches or needle digs in play surface. 

The reverse side is blank except for a  legal notice sticker  from the Consolidated Talking Machine Co .

Very Early Scarce 7" Improved GRAM-O-PHONE record  #  A-344, in   great condition from the turn of the century dating no later then 1900.  This is a  single sided   record that has good volume and plays through smoothly without any issues on my Victor D phonograph using a fiber needle…  As usual there is some light background noise which is the norm for records 120 years old. I'm not a record collector but   I would give it an overall rating of 8 out of 10.

   This record label,   Improved Gram-O-Phone Record   was from the first run of records ever to carry a paper label but lasted only a few months making these Gram-O-Phone labeled records highly desirable to collectors.  In less then a year, through a court injunction,  Eldridge Johnson was prohibited from using the term  Gram-O-Phone  on the labels of any of  his so-called superior records thus the  IMPROVED RECORD  was the label that  remained on his disc but only briefly.   Once he moved his operation to New Jersey, Eldridge Johnson's Consolidated Talking Machine Company reorganized and became the Victor Talking Machine Co.. 

   If you hold the record at an angle towards some lighting, you can actually see the date 10/03/00 etched into the record under the paper label near the word "IMPROVED"  which coincides exactly with the  DHAR information as seen in the last provided picture... 

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within the contiguous  United States and insured up to $50.00. 

I will pay for any additional insurance up to the final value

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Record will be shipped in a padded envelope sandwiched between plywood for protection... 

If you are not satisfied with your purchase, notify me and return the record fully insured in the same condition, within a week, no problem...

Thank You, and Good Luck,  FMBlizz

I will not sell or ship this record internationally. 

 Auction is for North America and Canada only..

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I will not sell or ship this record internationally.

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