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Thanks, I have the Oro-Tone Reproducer included along with short and long reproducers. I have not tried any 78s with the oro-tone. I have just used the Edison Disks. Some of the 78s have only one side.

What would be a fair price of a long play record in excellent condition?

What would be a fair price of a long play record in excellent condition?

There's one on ebay right now --> http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RARE-1925-EDISON ... 58ba843161

In completed listings I found these...
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Edison-Long-Play ... 1e93b203ff

and

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Rare-Edison-24-M ... 20ef584442


I don't know much about these records though, they may be rare titles?

Thanks for your help!

The Long Play Records were also Electrically recorded and have some of the best sound of that era. That is why they are sought out, and also they were not manufactured in greater numbers as other records so they are rather harder to find in good shape or at all in any shape.

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Tony K. - Edison Collector/Restorer.

As others have said, I think you did well with the purchase of your two machines. If it were me, I would keep the 1C even if not super valuable. It is a good conversation piece, should play regular Diamond Discs with no problem, plus you have the 78 adopter and could play regular 78s (which are plentiful and cheap except for certain titles). I would also not be surprised to see the 1C increase in value over time as well.

Clay

P.S. You mention that one of the records that came with your machines was a "lecture." Curious as to the title and who the speaker is.

NEFaurora wrote:The Long Play Records were also Electrically recorded and have some of the best sound of that era. That is why they are sought out, and also they were not manufactured in greater numbers as other records so they are rather harder to find in good shape or at all in any shape.

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Tony K. - Edison Collector/Restorer.

Much as I hate to contradict you, that's not the case. The Long Plays came out starting in 1926 when Edison was still recording and dubbing acoustically. IIRC, 13 of the 14 discs were dubbed from acoustically recorded sources and only one (30006) was dubbed from an electrical source, but all 14 records were dubbed acoustically to the long play version. See the discussion of these in the Collector's guide, pp 31-34, especially point 4.