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Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:55 am
by mariof
Any guesses as to how high this amazing piece will go for...?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2043020024

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:50 am
by fran604g
Wow. Just WOW! :shock:

Fran

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:00 am
by fmblizz
hard to believe something like that was ever printed back in the day let alone survived.

sky is the limit on that one..

blizz

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:23 am
by fran604g
Images from the eBay listing, for posterity (wish there was the entire 1879 booklet)

The details are priceless I think:

Cheers,
Fran
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EDIT, MORE IMAGES ADDED TO THE LISTING AND INCLUDED HERE:
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Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:38 am
by TinfoilPhono
A wonderful rarity. I'm only aware of one other surviving copy. It's very unfortunate that the eBay example is missing the last two pages and the back cover.

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:57 pm
by fran604g
TinfoilPhono wrote:A wonderful rarity. I'm only aware of one other surviving copy. It's very unfortunate that the eBay example is missing the last two pages and the back cover.
Hi Rene,

I noticed the seller has provided more images to complete the booklet in its entirety; I edited my earlier post to include them.

Cheers,
Fran

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:54 pm
by TinfoilPhono
Interesting. His description says there are only four pages. Obviously that is mistaken. It does appear to be complete so it's a great find.

FYI, if anyone is interested, Allen Koenigsberg reprinted this book many years ago. I believe he still has some.

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:05 am
by fmblizz
Times getting short,,,, up over $2300.00

blizz

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:08 pm
by Phono-Phan
$3550.03

Re: Operation of Edison’s Speaking Phonograph- Tinfoil

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:14 pm
by fmblizz
I had to watch,,,, looks like it jumped $1000 with less then 4 seconds
love those sniper programs...

blizz


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