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Today I scored big on Craigslist. Someone had listed Edison phonographs with a picture of a Gold Molded and a green Amberol box. I sent them an email stating I was interested and asked how many they had. They said 4 big boxes, about 240 cylinders, most in their original boxes. They used to live near Orange and they got them from one of their neighbors who was a collector. I bought the whole lot, about half of each GM and Amberol. A few hours later I received another email from them, they had found a wooden trunk full of 80 Edison cylinders they had forgotten, if I wanted those as well. Fortunately they are only about 10 miles from were I live, so I went right back and bought a massive wooden transport case with another 80 wax Amberols in their original boxes. So I quadrupled my cylinder collection in one day for relatively cheap and most in great clean condition. Still cannot believe this has happened to me. :D :D :D

Andreas

Here are some pictures of my first load. Cylinders are stacked in two layers in each box.
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I'm jealous. I would have made the trip from New Jersey myself. I was lucky that way about two years ago when I found a steamer trunk full of more that 200 brown wax cylinders that were all in like new condition. Sometimes we just luck out.

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alang wrote:Today I scored big...
Congratulations Andreas.
Endless hours of listening and sorting.
Don't forget to eat and sleep! ;)
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WOW The kind of thing we all dream of. Congratulations indeed!

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That is a dream!!! The mid west where I live, the wax cylinders, have not been turning up in good condition lately, I find them but pass, as they are moldy and pitted beyond use.
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What a great find, certainly nothing that will turn up here in Europe. Congrats!
Is it all variety or was it theme collection of certain content?
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Thanks for the nice comments. Like James said, endless hours of sorting and listening ahead of me. Seems to be a mixture of everything from old folk songs over Xmas to Ragtime, but I have only looked at a few of them yet. I also need to find a better way for storage and display. They are way too nice to stay in boxes.
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