EARLY PHONOGRAPH DEALER FROM HAKE COLLECTION.
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Winning Bid:
$68.44
Bids:
5
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #183 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1290 in auction 183
Value Code:
E - $50 to $75 Help Icon
Item Description
1.5" real photo sepia without dot pattern picturing the proprietor with his name above "Peter Bacigalupi" and with the caption below "Phonographs." Reverse has very faint stamp on covered tin back for the Pin-Lock company with patent date of 1898. Front has pinpoint dirt speck trapped under the celluloid within the letter "B" of his name but hardly shows and appearance is Exc. The earliest phonograph-related button we know of. Rare.
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