Peter Bacigalupi

[dennis]

Wasn't Peter Bacigalupi a big name in the phonograph business on the West coast? Note his name in the Zonophone ad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110834115156

[David Spanovich]

Yes, he was. One of the pioneer businesses, in fact, in the phonograph industry.

See --

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist/gracyk.html

http://www.edisontinfoil.com/baci.htm

[Andersun]

Here is an invoice for your viewing pleasure.

[Valecnik]

Here is an invoice for your viewing pleasure.

What a great piece of paper! Where did you get it. Interesting that he does not even speak about titles, numbers. So much for inventory control I guess...

[Andersun]

I got it off of ePay. I made this graphic from it....

[phonohound]

There seems to be a big following for Bacigalupi products, even if you don't live in CA. I thought it might be interesting to learn how rare Bacigalupi cylinders are, especially Concert recordings.

I have one regular 4" Bacigalupi cylinder that is announced Polyphone records and is from Sousa's Grand Concert Band. A friend of mine thought it was an uncataloged recording, but we can't remember the name of the recording. He doesn't live here so I can't ask him until he revisits.

I also have one Concert Cylinder mint in box with original lid (sans record slip) titled Coon Coon Coon, by Arthur Collins. Just curious who else might have anything.

Scott

[VintageTechnologies]

I visited a San Francisco antique shop back in 1973. They had at least a hundred of the familiar 2M Edison Gold Molded cylinder cartons on a shelf. My excitement turned to disappointment as I found that most of the records were very moldy. Most of the cartons had a Bacigalupi sticker pasted on them. That name meant nothing special to me back then. I bought a few good records out of that lot and wonder what the cartons might be worth now?

[MTPhono]

All I've got is an original Bacigalupi receipt (and signature) from 1898:

[TinfoilPhono]

I have several Bacigalupi items, all illustrated in my article which has a link posted earlier in this thread. Perhaps the most unusual is the oil bottle embossed with his name and pre-earthquake address. I've never heard of another turning up.

[phonohound]

There are definitely some interesting items out there. Scott, your early Bacigalupi invoice is neat and Rene, your sealed oil bottle is a great artifact.

Some of the neatest Bacigalup items I have seen are these letters from the Kinetoscope era. See photos.