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Does anyone know what the value of this Victor factory print is? It is an original and nicely framed as you can see in the picture. It belongs to an old time collector I know who is parting with most of his collection.

It's one of those things that shows up sparingly enough that it is hard to put a price on it, other than whatever the market is willing to bear at that time. On that note...

"Whaddya gotta have for it?"

The value of the professional matte & framing might run a few hundred dollars. The print itself is most likely worth a few hundred on top of that. Not sure if that's helpful or not, but maybe adds perspective?

How big is it?

Is there any evidence of creases in the print? I believe something like this was offered as a fold out in a Voice of the Victor.

What does the "old time collector" want for it???

Well, this brings back memories... 60+ years later...

After WWII, my father got his start with RCA in the recording research facility indicated with the blue mark on the image below. I remember waiting in my Mom's Packard for him to exit the building after work. I believe the only two remaining buildings are the "Nipper Building", now condominiums, the tower of which is indicated with the red circle, and the old Executive Offices building, indicated with the green circle. The only other building of significance still standing, in yellow, is a museum in Johnson Park.

I found a reference online that claims this is a 1924 view of the plant and that it was "cover art" for the October 1924 edition of "Voice of the Victor." For anyone interested, if you search for "victor plant Camden" you can find information on the history of the facility as well as a recent (past 15 years) effort to save the old executive office building and the business (recording) records found within.

R.

I think I will fall in line behind the others and ask, how much?

Oh, and where are you located (since shipping will be a factor, no doubt...) Again, please place my inquiry/note after the others who have already inquired.

Take care,

For what it is worth-Since this was my business for nearly 40 years and still is for a small group of customers and institutions. the molding is made by Larsen jewel and company and runs about $25.00 a foot. From what I see in the photo the mats are not acid free so I would replace them, and for long term value you might want to check to see if the item was "dry mounted" a process that will flatten an item permanently, but is very destructive to the paper. It can be removed-done a lot of that work-but it is time consuming and expensive.

Based on the mats I would assume, that was done at the same time period. Today mats and mounting process's are mostly acid free except at place like Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

By the way that style of molding has been made by that company for at least 45 years.

Abe

For what it's worth I asked DeeDee for a value. She didn't reply with a number but asked where I planned to hang the print. So the price is immaterial. It's not coming here.

Jerry B.