One of the rarest labels in recording history.. The Arthur Field's Melody Record

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If you look up rare record labels you will always find this. This is among the rarest of all. I bought this record 32 years ago with the idea of replacing it with a better copy. Well.....I have never seen another to get. They do exist.... but in very, very small numbers .. Perhaps a few hundred of all the titles were sold totally . There were 5 records put out under this label and were sold only at a record store on 125th street in NYC.  I would guess this to be among the 10 rarest commercial labels.  I had this for 32 years and now it is time for someone else to have it. It is not at all perfect and has lots of issues............. But where would you ever get another?...... If only a few hundred of all the titles sold, the chances of finding another are not at all easy.... So here is your chance!! .....The record has edge chips and some worn grooves. Both sides will play and not too badly once you get past the edges and the chips. But as I said before you will not see any of these ever! Although it has issues, it is a remarkably RARE and special record. I will put some of its history here by Tim Gracyk................................Page 45 of the January 1923 issue of Talking Machine World announces, "The Arthur Fields Song Shop has been opened in the Hotel Theresa Building, 125th street and Seventh avenue, New York City. In addition to talking machines and records a full line of sheet music and musical instruments is carried. The formal opening on January 2." Briefly available in that year were Arthur Fields Melody Record records, which were lateral discs produced by the Fletcher Record Company. Labels states, "Made exclusively for Arthur Fields song shops--N.Y.C." Fields was the sole artist issued on this label, with material duplicated from Fletcher's Olympic label. One disc features Fields singing James Monaco's "You Know You Belong To Somebody Else" backed by "I Gave You Up" (1514). Another features him singing "Crying For You" backed by "Wanita" (1516). The September 1923 issue of Talking Machine World states, "A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Arthur Fields Song Shop, talking machine dealer, with a store at 2094 Seventh avenue, New York City. The liabilities of the concern are placed at $14,973; assets unknown.".....  So they were sold for a short time and in very few amounts....Good luck to who ever gets this and I hope you might in your life find another.