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Here's an E- copy of Jones and Hare "The Happiness Boys" doing their signature tune "Barney Google" on a four minute Blue Amberol 4757. It's in E- condition, although most would call this E. It plays well (remember, it is a dub from the DD like all these late issues), has a few light marks and one tiny inconsequential plaster chip and radial tight split on the left side. None of this has any affect on play at all. It fits snug all the way on the mandrel. Comes in a two minute box with no lid. Nauck has a copy of this in the same condition in his latest auction with a minimum bid of $100, you can buy this one right now for $65 plus $5 shipping.
Thanks for looking!

Sean

Price reduced to $65 plus shipping....

Sean

I'm just curious, I have the DD of this backed with the Old King Tut song. What is the disc version's value?

The DD turns up all the time, I probably have at least 5 copies of it, yet it still seems to command a higher price than most "common" discs. I don't know what I'd say it's worth really, although a certain dealer has it listed in every single auction list with a $25 minimum, for whatever that's worth, I never thought it was worth more than $10.

Sean