[78-L] A Sonora Victor

[Michael Biel]

From: david.diehl at hensteeth.com
> Counterfeiting was a big problem at that time, primarily with indie race records.
> In 1948 Savoy even took out ads in the trades warning dealers and distributors.
> But these Victor discs would have been easy to trace once detected; why go to
> the trouble of engraving the issue numbers in such a distinctive, non-Victorian manner?
> DJD

I am at a disadvantage by not having a copy or a photo of the disc in
order to see what the "distinctive, non-Victorian" engraved number
looked like.  Do they look obviously like Sonora numbers that would make
them easy to trace back to Sonora once detected?  As I said, since these
were seasonal records, they would disappear from the market in a natural
fashion before the damage had been detected.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com