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Lot of 7 vintage Silvertone Recording Wire spools, Sears Roebuck Cat. No. 6757, with original containers and vintage outer storage tubes.Each original Silvertone container is marked:* 7,500 ft. recording wire
* 1 hour minimum recording/playback time
* 2 ft. per second
* Stainless Steel – Armour Standard
* Cat. No. 6757
* Sears, Roebuck and Co.These are original magnetic recording-wire spools from the early wire-recorder era, prior to the widespread use of magnetic recording tape.All seven are vintage used items and are untested. Wire is present on the spools, but the amount remaining on each spool has not been measured and completeness is unknown. Some wire is loosely wound and may have tangles or breaks. Any recordings that may remain on the wire are completely unknown and have not been played or evaluated.The original blue containers show substantial age and storage wear, including scratches, scuffs, edge wear, discoloration, handwritten markings and label wear. The larger cylindrical storage containers also have considerable surface and label loss. Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition.Sold as-is and untested as vintage recording media/collectibles.An interesting lot for collectors of early audio equipment, wire recorders, Sears Silvertone electronics, obsolete recording media, and audio-history memorabilia.
