Sold Date: April 29, 2019
Start Date: April 22, 2019
Final Price: $19.00 (USD)
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Lot 2 Spoken Word Comic Routine 78 RPM Antique 1920's Phonograph Records 14
Here is a mixed bag collection of "talking" records mostly from 1905 into the mid 1920's. These comic records were often labeled as "Comic Monologue", "Recitation", "Talking"   "Humorous Monologue", "Descriptive Monologue" "Irish Specialty", "Rural Comedy" "Darky Specialty" and so forth.  Listening to these records today makes one feel rather  uncomfortable because the subject matter is based on stereotypes and racist humor.   African Americans, Jewish Americans, Germans, the Irish, country and New England  rural folk as well as other ethnic groups were often parodied in these types of recordings. 
Each disc is clean and in very nice playable shape.  None of the records are chipped or cracked and please look for individual grading below.  My grading is conservative and I've been collecting and selling 78 RPM records for over 30 years. 
Records will be shipped, packed safely in a "cardboard sandwich" for safe arrival.  I'll be posting many old 78 RPM phonograph records of all sorts over the next several days so please visit my other listings.  
1)  Columbia 374 Record The Dog Fight - "Talking" (no artist credit given) Steamboat Medley - "Male Voices" (no artist credit given) E Condition
2)  Emerson 10232 Record Cohen on Prohibition - Monroe Silver Cohen Talks about the Ladies - Monroe Silver E Condition
3)  Victor 18148 Record Old Country Fiddler on Astronomy - Charles Ross Taggart Old Country Fiddler at the Telephone - same as above   E Condition
4)  Victor 17700 Record Old Country Fiddler in New York - Charles Ross Taggart Violin Mimicry - same as above E Condition
5)  Victor 16436 Record Flanagan's Motor Car - Steve Porter Father Was Out - Murry K. Hill E Condition
6)  Victor 16936 Record Clancey's Wooden Wedding - Steve Porter Christmas Morning at Clancey's - Steve Porter E Condition
7)  Victor 18231 Record Goldstein Behind the Bars - Ralph Bingham Mrs. Rastus Johnson at the Wedding - same as above E Condition
8)  Victor 17894 Record A Father of 36 - Nat M. Wills Parody on Eight Familiar Songs - same as above   E-  Condition
9)  Columbia 2488 Record Cohen Calls his Tailor on the 'Phone - Joe Hayman Cohen at the Real Estate Office - same as above VG Condition
10)  Columbia 2192 Record Cohen Telephones the Health Department - Joe Hayman Cohen Telephones from Brighton - Joe Hayman and Company E-  Condition
11)  Victor 18711 Record Uncle Josh in a Cafeteria - Cal Stewart Uncle Josh and the Honey Bees - same as above E-  Condition
12)  Columbia 1516 Record Cohen on the Telephone - Joe Hayman Happy Tho' Married - Fred Duprez E Condition
13)  Victor 45250 Record Virginian Judge Southern Court Scene - Walter C. Kelly Parts one and two   E Condition
14)  Victor 18029 Record Goldstein Goes in the Railroad Business - Barney Bernard Cohen at the Telephone - Barney Barnard E Condition
Each 78 is graded carefully and conservatively using the standard VJM 78rpm grading system listed below: 
E+  Plays like new, with very, very few signs of handling, such as tiny scuffs from being slipped in and out of jackets.  E    Still very shiny, near new looking, with no visible signs of wear, but a few inaudible scuffs and scratches.  E-   Still shiny but without the luster of a new record, few light scratches.  V+   V+ is an average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled the finish somewhat. Wear is  moderate but playing is generally free from distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced.   V    Moderate, even wear throughout, but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not intrusive. V-   Quite playable still, but distortion and heavy greying in loud passages. Music remains loud in most passages. Surface noise and scratches well below music level.  G+   Grey throughout but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled. Heavy scratches.  G    Quite seriously worn and scratched, but music level is still higher than surface noise.  G-   Music still prominent, but wear and scratch damage extensive.  F     Most of music remains audible over surface noise, but listening now uncomfortable.