Original Record Storage Albums for the Edison Amberola III
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:39 pm
Several years ago a picker friend of mine found an Amberola III at an auction which he quickly resold by the time I visited him. Of course I was sad to hear I'd missed it but he offered me some of the records that came with it. When he came out with the "boxes of records", they were two of the three pictured here. I bought both boxes including the the records pictured with them here. Unfortunately the third box he'd given to another customer who purchased several of the cylinders. So at this point I had two of the three boxes.
Fast forward two years or so and I saw an ad in the local Sunday paper, no internet then. It said something like "box of Edison records" $300. I called, drove over to have a look and sure enough it was the third box from the set. It's difficult to see but they are numbered in pencil, 1, 3, 2 just below where the boxes are stamped, "Records". I paid the $300 for the third box even though that was an outrageous sum for the time.
The Amberola III I purchased quite later but obviously they display nicely together. I've toyed with getting them reproduced. I would be willing to loan one of them to use as a model if anyone has any idea how that might be done.
Fast forward two years or so and I saw an ad in the local Sunday paper, no internet then. It said something like "box of Edison records" $300. I called, drove over to have a look and sure enough it was the third box from the set. It's difficult to see but they are numbered in pencil, 1, 3, 2 just below where the boxes are stamped, "Records". I paid the $300 for the third box even though that was an outrageous sum for the time.
The Amberola III I purchased quite later but obviously they display nicely together. I've toyed with getting them reproduced. I would be willing to loan one of them to use as a model if anyone has any idea how that might be done.
