[78-L] Gramophone and Phonograph Public Auction, UK

[RUSSELL BARNES]

Further to earlier postings regarding the Auction held last Friday, in Newbury UK.  These items from the collection of the late Roger Thorne, who gathered them over many years, attracted collectors and dealers from far and wide.
 
The Auctioneers added eighteen percent to the hammer price - made up from commission and compulsory Government Tax.   Those bidding on-line were required to add twenty-one percent.      Below  are a few examples of prices achieved - the commission and tax have been added to the hammer price.    To arrive at a approximate US dollar figure, calculate $1.60c to the UK pound.
 
Russ Barnes
Dorset, UK
 

Roger Thorne Auction.   Some six hundred lots of Gramophone related paraphernalia.
 
Sixty-Eight Odeon and Fonotipia discs (Amato, Kubelik etc)  £134.
 
Saturn 12 inch Picture Disc.  Mirror Song, sung by Geori Boue.  £61.
 
Odeon Records. Sixty-nine discs including McCormack, Slezak and Lilli Lehmann. Together with various instrumental recordings     £350.
 
Berliner.  Three discs numbered 5508, 5516 and 5524: Leslie Stuart piano.  £512.
 
Lioret Eureka cylinder in carton with lid.    £200.
 
One hundred and seventeen Parlophone ten-inch Jazz & Dance records.  £218.
 
An EMG Mark Xb Gramophone.  Four spring soundbox in carton.  Garrard 207 induction motor.  Mahogany case.  Papier-mâché horn.   £4484.
 
An EMG  two spring  soundbox  £256
 
A style 3 Gramophone with Owen open motor on Oak base.   £1880.
 
A Columbia ‘Twentieth Century’  Graphophone. (mechanically amplified), reproducer. Six inch mandrel, triple-spring motor.  No horn.   £1530.
 
‘Trade Mark’ Gramophone by The Gramophone and Typewriter Company.    Clark-Johnson soundbox.  Brass Horn.  Felt lined leather carrying case (1899-1900)     £1888.
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