Before the iPhone there was the Talk-O-Phone, Gram-O-Phone and the Psyco-Phone. OK, maybe these are early playback devices, but who uses the iPhone as a phone these days? Face it, it’s a playback device. But is yours nickle plated and housed in a faux leather case like this early cylinder player? And the Psyco-Phone was designed to induce sleep, (like Siri) and perhaps correct antisocial behavior – like looking at your iPhone all the time…

You should also have a peek at the “Carryola Porto-Pick-Up Suitcase Disc Player”, a mouthful of elegance that goes everywhere and never needs recharging. Stay-at-home élégance yours for the bidding via the “Fern-O-Grand Baby Grand Disc Phonograph.”

See this item and hundreds of other vintage talking machines at the The Lawrence A. Schlick Phonograph Collection, up for auction beginning Saturday July 19th. Feel free to donate some auction-available Nipperobilia to the ARC!