[78-L] A Sonora Victor

[David Lennick]

And it says in the land: 2482 A 14 S and 2482 B 16 S, the "S" in each case 
being slightly above the line. No idea if the S indicates Sonora or something 
else. I held onto this disc today..I was going to put it in a batch of 
Christmas records on the CAPS auction table. I have another copy but it's in 
the storage unit so I don't know if it's a real Victor pressing.

dl

On 11/28/2010 6:29 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> Sorry I don't have a decent scan but yes, the numbers are miniscule and deeply engraved. Just about anyone in the business in 1947 would have recognized the source of these things.
>   DJD
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> From: Michael Biel [mailto:mbiel at mbiel.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 04:37 PM
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> 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?>  DJDI am at a disadvantage by not having a copy or a photo of the disc inorder to see what the "distinctive, non-Victorian" engraved numberlooked like. Do they look obviously like Sonora numbers that would makethem easy to trace back to Sonora once detected? As I said, since thesewere seasonal records, they would disappear from the market in a naturalfashion before the damage had been detected.Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
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