The Norcross Phonograph Company Cylinder
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:18 pm
Just found this Norcross cylinder that i'm sure is very rare. Just wondering if anyone is familiar with it and what would be a fair asking price.
I have a full page Norcross ad from the (reproduced) Phonoscope of Jan. 1899. There they advertise "high standard master records...All our records are high-grade originals---we have no duplicates to sell at any price." It's possible that your record is not a pantographic dup. The bottom of the ad does indictate cylinders for sale at $1.00 each and "Exhibition Masters" at $2.00 each so perhaps pantographic copies were sold. Norcross did sell a duplicator and got into legal trouble.
I've never seen one and I am guessing its worth over a hundred in good condition depending when made.
Is there an announcement? Is the company identified?