The Allen Koenigsberg Phonograph Collection
Lot 3490:
Description
An exceptional collection of eight early 20th-century gramophone and phonograph advertising pamphlets and booklets, predominantly from the iconic “His Master’s Voice” (Gramophone Company Ltd.) and Victor Talking Machine Company (Camden, NJ). Datingrom the mid-to-late 1920s (including specific Advance Lists from 1926), this lot features rare promotional ephemera detailing new electrical recordings, silent surfaces, opera releases like Wagner’s Parsifal, and a helpful “How to get the most out of your Victrola” instructional booklet. These pieces represent a fascinating golden age of acoustic and early electrical audio marketing, boasting classic typography and period graphics. Overall, the collection is in good antique condition, showing epected age-related toning, minor edge wear, and light creasing consistent with handled paper ephemera, though the text and graphics remain clean and highly legible. Measurements vary by piece, including panels of H 6″, W 3.25″ and booklets up to H75″, W 5.5″. Please see photos for condition. From the Allen Koenigsberg collection.
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