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bruv wrote:Here are some titles. There are 8 pink and 8 black and 5 Edison brown wax blanks.
I want to make sure these are the real deal before I bid. Thanks for all the help and info.
Dave

They certainly appear to be the real deal. Having the original boxes is nice, even if they're not in top condition.

Dave, those pink records are definitely the real deal. The original boxes are an extra bonus. I would buy all of those without concerns about shrinkage. The odds are strongly in your favour that they will play on something. Even if they didn't, they still have considerable value as displays, because they are that rare.

The pictures are not clear enough for me to positively identify what the black records are. If they are hollow celluloid shells just like the pink Lamberts, they most likely are Lamberts, and I would buy those too. I have seen them sell $50 - $100 each. If they have a black asphalt core, they are most likely US Everlasting records and are not worth much more than Indestructible cylinders.

I would go after the Pink Lamberts, they are rare, and if not playable are a great display pieces. In top condition you are looking at well over 800.00 for the Pink Lamberts provided they are in good playable condition in original boxes.

Maybe you can have reproductions made and sell to the rest of us that are not as lucky to own the real deal.

Dave, let us know how this all turns out. And good luck!

Clay

Here's my one and only pink Lambert, which is an Edison Bell record with plaster core:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5qED3geXs[/youtube]

Auction ends tomorrow afternoon. I will let you know how it turns out.
Dave

I won the bid for a very very low price. I'll go pick them up Saturday and put up some better pictures. Thanks for all the help and for the video of My Old Kentucky Home. Great stuff.
Dave

Congratulations Dave! Sounds like a real coup!

Clay

Ok, got them home. They are in very nice condition, no splits or mold or any damage.There are 8 pink and 8 black and 5 edison brown wax blanks, 3 of the blanks are cracked. I am contemplating selling a few. What would be a fair price for the black and the pink. I really don't want to go ebay route and a fair price on this site would be more what I lean toward.
Pink all dated March 20 1902
655 Darkies Dave??(hard to read) Banjo
918 Good Old Summertime
731 Colored Major, Banjo
100 A Frangesa March Band
504 Corntielo Melody, Quartet
633 Village Blacksmith
585 Caseys Fight, recitation
992 Pawnbrokers Auction

Black ones all dated July 29 1902
Whoa Bill- printed letters no number
Rest are raised lettering
570 Coon Coon Coon Duet
609 Mockingbird Whistle
1053 American Patrol XYL
819 I'm old but I'm awfully tough
023 Nearer My God to Thee
520 Coon Wedding, quart.
806 Arkansas Traveler Comic
Dave

I would like to buy them. PM'd