Sold Date: March 13, 2022
Start Date: March 3, 2022
Final Price: $27.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 2
Seller Feedback: 6774
Buyer Feedback: 0

Title:   L'Ideale (Tosti)

Artist:   Fernando De Lucia

Label & Numbers:   Monarch 91022

Serial Numbers (Fonotipia Only):  -

Defects:   Rough start, some stressed grooves, rubs and scratches

NOTE:  Any fine white horizontal lines in the image are the result of scratches on my scanner glass.  They are NOT a defect on the record.
Condition (1 to 10 scale):  4 (fair) 

Comments:   This record has a checkered past.  It was recorded in November 1902 and was first issued as G&T 52410 in Great Britain.  After making a trip across the Atlantic, it shows up in the celebrated Victor 5000 series as Victor (Monarch) 5027. (That number is still visible in the run-off area).  Within another year or so, it was renumbered to it's current incarnation, Monarch 91022.  Although the condition is not the best, it is still a record with a well traveled history and will fit nicely into a collection of early Victor records.
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