New to forum - Need help with Blue Ambersol Values

[52089]

I saw "Preacher and the Bear" in there. That is one of the few Blue Amberols to have an announcement. (My version is the 2-m black wax of 1905.)

The announced Preacher and the Bear is BA 1560, and only some copies. the example listed above is an Indestructible. Search the board for "announced blue amberols" for more info.

[marcapra]

Is this real? How can you possibly have 96 BAs without "The Old Oaken Bucket," "Silver Threads among the Gold" or "Trail of the Lonesome Pine"?

Somebody probably cherry picked them out of there!

[marcapra]

American Civil War, First World War and anything by Vernon Dalhart are the ones listed which are of most interest to me. Most comedy of that era has not aged well and is best forgotten.

That is unless it's British humor, which is always good.

[FellowCollector]

I saw "Preacher and the Bear" in there. That is one of the few Blue Amberols to have an announcement. (My version is the 2-m black wax of 1905.)

Most of the Blue Amberol versions of "Preacher and the Bear" are not announced. And it is found in both flat ended Blue Amberol and beveled end Blue Amberol. The way to tell if the copy you find is announced without having to listen to it is the flat ended version has "COON SONG" stamped into the rim on the title end (a throwback to the early 2 minute wax cylinder days) and the beveled end version has "COLLINS" stamped into the rim of the announced version versus "A. COLLINS" stamped on the unannounced version.