78 rpm: Emile Berliner's Gramophone, 7 inch Single, 1898, Cornet Duo, 3637, VERY RARE

Mr. Knoll & Miss McNeil
"When Teddy Comics Marching Home and At A Georgia Campfire Meeting"

3637, 1898 (estimated)

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II included large scans which may not show all of the surface wear present.

V- condition or better.
Scratches, label wear and surface wear.
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Some of these details are copied and pasted:

Mr. Berliner marketed the first disc phonograph records, from 1894 to 1900. According to Mr. Sherman's reference book "Collector's Guide to Victor Records": "Slightly fewer than two million Berliner records were sold in the U.S. between 1994 and 1900...It is probably safe to assume that only around 1% of the original issue survives, and many of the surviving examples are now in institution, archives and libraries". Mr. Sutton also notes that record speeds were not standardized and most of these were meant to be played at speeds of 60rpm to 71rpm, not the later 78rpm standard.

More info on the famous cornet duo Mr Knoll & Miss McNeil can be found online and is very interesting.

As for rarity: off the charts. Probably even more of these records are now put away in places that will never sell them.