Sold Date: June 15, 2014
Start Date: February 15, 2014
Final Price: $20.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 1295
Buyer Feedback: 37

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 12" red & gold "wing" Victrola
89160

DON CARLOS: Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Verdi)

Giovanni MARTINELLI (tenor)
Giuseppe DE LUCA (baritone)

Conservative Grade: 1-2 Top Copy

Recorded Camden, N.J. 11-April-1921 (mx C-25179-2)
Doubled: 8047

FABULOUS wear-free copy of original issue! 
Possibly unsold dealer's stock as there are virtually no marks around spindle hole.

I have been a dealer in rare 78rpm discs since 1992, and offer only records in TOP Condition - no scratches, stressed grooves, or significant defects.  My grading standards are identical to those of Lawrence F. Holdridge, the late Milt Weiss, Norbeck Peters & Ford, and other well-known USA dealers. 

GRADING

1-2     TOP Condition - no visible wear or significant defects
2         VERY FINE COPY - only a few light non-sounding (NS) rubs or marks, or light-sounding thumps or light swish due to inherent pressing defects.
2-3     FINE COPY - a few more light ns rubs, marks, or blemishes.
3     VERY GOOD COPY - light gray traces (LGT), usually inaudible, and possibly other superficial, ns flaws
3-4  GOOD COPY - discs in this category have slightly more audible sonic wear from minor gray traces (MGT) usually on fortissimo passages, and possibly other sounding defects, such as ticks from small scratches (SS) or needle digs (ND).