Sold Phonograph Cylinders

In this section you will find our archive of sold phonograph cylinders, a historical collection formed by 2-minute wax cylinders, 4-minute cylinders, Edison cylinders, Columbia cylinders, Pathé cylinders and other antique cylinders that were previously available at Antiguedades.es and are now part of private collections, museums and specialised collections of phonographs and mechanical music.

Sold phonograph cylinders and historical archive of antique cylinders

Over the years, our gallery has handled original cylinders from different manufacturers and historical repertoires. Many of them retained their original boxes, labels, catalogue references and content identification, significantly increasing their historical, documentary and collectible interest.

This archive allows visitors to discover the evolution of phonograph cylinders and learn about the different formats, manufacturers and recordings used during the early years of sound reproduction. Each cylinder is a valuable testimony to the history of recorded sound and the first commercial systems of musical reproduction.

This archive constitutes a historical catalogue of sold phonograph cylinders and not an active sales section. If you would like to see the pieces currently available, you can visit our phonograph cylinders for sale section, where we regularly add carefully selected new examples.

Historical archive of sold phonograph cylinders

The cylinders preserved in this archive allow collectors to compare manufacturers, formats, repertoires, materials and recording systems that marked the evolution of the phonograph during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are an excellent reference for collectors, restorers, researchers and enthusiasts of the history of mechanical music and recorded sound.

If any of the cylinders included in this archive serves as a reference for a future acquisition, please contact us. We will be pleased to let you know if we have a similar example available or notify you when related phonograph cylinders are added to our catalogue.