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Vintage Childrens Phonograph Records

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Start price: $5

Estimated price: $75 - $150

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Description

This is an extensive assortment of mid-20th-century children’s phonograph records featuring 78 RPM, 45 RPM, and 6-inch formats. The collection includes a significant group of 10-inch records from the Children’s Record Guild (CRG) and Young People’s Records, with titles such as Animal Supermarket, The Travels of Babar (CRG-204), Pinocchio, and Cinderella (CRG 5010) narrated by Milton Cross. Also featured are numerous 6-inch yellow vinyl Golden Records. The lot contains specialty picture discs from The Record Guild of America including Alphabet Song and Red River Valley, as well as a die-cut Santa card record for Jingle Bells by Voco Inc., dated 1948. Three translucent red vinyl Parade Records are present, featuring recordings by Enoch Light and Vincent Lopez. Two brown faux-leather binders each contain a variety of ten 45 RPM records on labels such as Columbia, Promenade, and Mercury. ***Last picture are SLEEVES ONLY and DO NOT contain records***

Items are in mixed vintage condition. Most paper and cardboard sleeves show significant age-related wear, including edge tears, creasing, fraying, and some tape reinforcements. A group of sleeves is noted as being empty. The vinyl and shellac records exhibit varying degrees of surface wear, scuffing, and scratches. Picture discs show surface aging and minor chipping at the edges. The record binders show shelf wear and some deterioration of internal paper sleeves.


Condition report:

Items are in mixed vintage condition. Most paper and cardboard sleeves show significant age-related wear, including edge tears, creasing, fraying, and some tape reinforcements. A group of sleeves is noted as being empty. The vinyl and shellac records exhibit varying degrees of surface wear, scuffing, and scratches. Picture discs show surface aging and minor chipping at the edges. The record binders show shelf wear and some deterioration of internal paper sleeves.