Ray cummings on Edison DD's sleeve.

[Tyler94]

So i was browsing around at the antique shop yesterday and a dealer i bought a few early victor records from came up to me and told me about a box of 20 Edison Diamond records he had in back so i took them home for $20 (not sure if thats good or bad) but upon further investigation of the stack of records which most have the original sleeves i came upon one that has a signature of Ray Cummings on the sleeve, its the only sleeve i have with it. Anybody know who this is? Thank you

[Schmaltz]

Could this be the same Ray Cummings?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cummings

to quote from the article, "Cummings worked with Thomas Edison as a personal assistant and technical writer from 1914 to 1919."

[De Soto Frank]

Considering that most antique dealers are clueless about Diamond Discs, except that they're "old, and really thick, and have Edison's name on them, so they must be worth at least a million dollars a-piece"... going rate seems to be anywhere from $5 - $10+ per disc, no sleeve.

I think you did very well getting them for $1 each, with the original sleeves.

Suggest maybe that you photocopy / photograph your sleeves, as they seem to be very fragile...

[Tyler94]

Could this be the same Ray Cummings?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cummings

to quote from the article, "Cummings worked with Thomas Edison as a personal assistant and technical writer from 1914 to 1919."

Sounds possible, wonder if its his real signature on the sleeve? and why?

[Tyler94]

Considering that most antique dealers are clueless about Diamond Discs, except that they're "old, and really thick, and have Edison's name on them, so they must be worth at least a million dollars a-piece"... going rate seems to be anywhere from $5 - $10+ per disc, no sleeve.

I think you did very well getting them for $1 each, with the original sleeves.

Suggest maybe that you photocopy / photograph your sleeves, as they seem to be very fragile...

lol that is exactly what alot of dealers mindsets are! & very good suggestion, sounds like a good idea to me. Now to find a diamond disk phonograph in my area reasonably priced!

[Lenoirstreetguy]

Forum: Music Topic: Rachmaninoff: Coming soon to an Edison near you

Here's a little discussion on Cummings from a year or so ago. I'm not clever enough to do a fancy link to it, but it's in the Music Forum.

Jim

[FloridaClay]

Here is the thread Jim refers to.

Clay

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... f=3&t=8559