Vintage 1902 unusual record Columbia Phonograph Company Climax Band 89 rare
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Vintage 1902 ultra rare record Columbia Phonograph Company Climax Band 89 antiqu
Vintage 1902 ultra rare record Columbia Phonograph Company Climax Band 89 antiqu
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Description
Firstly, I know nothing about records, so what I've written here is all that I can tell you!
Secondly, I have no way of playing this, so I'm just describing it the best I can
However, it does appear to be an incredibly rare survival!
It's pressed on only one side
Says on it:
G.R. C.D.
CLIMAX RECORD
Mf'd Solely for
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.
New York London
FINALE TO WM. TELL
Overture
CLIMAX BAND
No. 89
89 is also scratched onto the middle band, and another number, 1057 I think, is similarly 'scratched' just below the word 'London' - well, it's black on black, I can't actually feel anything
Here's an excellent site on the whole matter. I'm practically certain this label is 1902, but I can't match it totally with any single one of these descriptions under 'The Labels'
http://edisoneffect.blogspot.com/2013/08/columbia-phonograph-company-record.html
It does have a brass central grommet, but no VTR, and on the back it says 'PAT. APP'D FOR'
It measures 25 cm across
There's more interesting information here:
https://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://grammophon-platten.de/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?10813&langpair=de|en&hl=de&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
(If you don't speak German, you may need to click on the flag at top left of the page to get it translated)
Please always enlarge the scans, which form part of the description
I haven't tried to clean it or anything... I notice one scratch mark, in particular, top left of the first picture, but it doesn't feel at all deep. You can tell from the photos that it's 'had a life', though! It is, after all, 120...
?NB Any thin white vertical lines on the images are due to a fault with my scanner, and do not occur on the item!
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I will happily combine shipping - NB If this goes to an international bidder, I shall require them to take out Tracked and Signed For mail, at an extra £7 on top of the normal Airmail cost, and possibly more if it needs additional insurance!
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Payment
Postage I try to be very fair with postage costs, as I fully realise they can be offputting, but if you bid on items, I take it that you're accepting these. They cover envelopes, packing materials, stamps, and trips to the Post OfficeItems will almost always come out to you next day. I always get a Proof of Posting certificate, and if an item does get lost in the post I will forward it to you for you to make a claim, as the Post Office will not reimburse Sellers for their actual loss on the item, but will only refund what we originally paid for it. You as the Buyer can claim the full amount of your loss
However, in over 12,000 parcels I've mailed out over the last fifteen years only about ten have gone astray, and most of these were overseas
If you're at all worried about losing something, do ask for Recorded Delivery - £1.30 extra in the UK and £5.65 for overseas
Shipping
I ship every couple of days, by Royal Mail or, for heavier items, using the courier myHermes. If you pay sooner rather than later, the item will, of course, get to you more quickly!Non-UK buyers I will mail you as soon as possible with both Airmail and Surface postal charges (or just Airmail if it's a very light item) - please don't pay until we've communicated on this. Please use PayPal. (I'm afraid I can only take cheques or postal orders if they are UK ones)
Airmail takes between three and five days. The Post Office warns that Surface mail to the USA, Australia, etc, can take as long as 12 weeks, but it is, obviously, a lot cheaper
In practice, American buyers tell me that Surface mail usually takes between 14 and 21 days (and apparently it actually travels by air, filling any space after the official Airmail items are loaded)
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