The Allen Koenigsberg Phonograph Collection
Updated August 3, 2026
This auction ended on July 30, 2026.
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| Date | July 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM CDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Donley Auctions |
| Location | 8512 South Union Road, Union, Illinois, 60180 |
| Lots | 642 |
You are invited to explore a curated journey through the birth of sound reproduction. This exclusive catalog chronicles the frantic, brilliant innovation of the late 19th century, centering on the profound legacy of Allen Koenigsberg—a titan of phonograph history whose dedicated curation brought these treasures to light. The offerings in the Koenigsberg Collection Auction are nothing short of monumental, featuring the centerpiece Phonautograph, widely believed to be the only Koenig model in private hands. Beyond this rare scientific marvel, the auction encompasses a rich array of items, including high-quality replicas of early Edison prototypes, rare cabinet card photographs capturing pivotal moments in inventor Thomas Edison’s career, and intricate steel engravings that immortalized the "Wizard of Menlo Park" during his rise to global fame. You will also find historically significant document clippings and publications that detail the very first public unveilings of the "talking phonograph." By participating in this event, you are preserving the legacy of an esteemed historian and securing items that are largely absent from private ownership, often found only in the hallowed halls of major institutions.
In this auction (642 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture · Coins & Currency · Toys & Collectibles · Electronics & Gaming
- Lot 3000 — Phonautograph
- Lot 3001 — Edison Prototype Tinfoil Phonograph Replica
- Lot 3002 — 1877 Edison Phonograph Scientific American Framed
- Lot 3003 — Matthew Brady Cabinet Card of Thomas Edison
- Lot 3004 — 1878 Engraving of T.A. Edison by J.J. Cade
- Lot 3005 — Historic 1887 Letter to Uriah H. Painter
- Lot 3006 — PHONOGRAPH Original 1878 Sheet Music
- Lot 3007 — 1878 Phonograph Invention Announcement
- Lot 3008 — The Song of Mr. Phonograph 1878 Sheet Music
- Lot 3009 — Piano Roll "Song of Mr. Phonograph" Limited Edit
- Lot 3010 — Max Kohl 1878 Tinfoil Phonograph
- Lot 3011 — T.A. Edison Hand Colored Engraving by A.H. Ritchie
- Lot 3012 — Edison Phonograph Prints Lot (6)
- Lot 3013 — 1890 Souvenir Program of Edison & His Inventions
- Lot 3014 — Edison Talking Doll
- Lot 3015 — Edison Talking Doll Phonograph Mechanism
- Lot 3016 — Edison Phonographs Stock Certificate
- Lot 3017 — 1880 Pen & Ink Thomas Edison Sketch Autographed
- Lot 3018 — 1880's Engraving of Thomas Edison
- Lot 3019 — Edison Class M or E Phonograph Project Machine
- Lot 3020 — Thomas Edison Ephemera & Prints Lot
- Lot 3021 — 1887 Photograph of Thomas A. Edison
- Lot 3022 — 13 Glass Slides From Edison Lecture
- Lot 3023 — Keller Automatic Coin Operated Edison Phonograph
- Lot 3024 — Keller Automatic Coin Operated Edison Phonograph
- Lot 3025 — 7 Tokens For 1890’s Coin In Slot Phonographs
- Lot 3026 — 1893 Edison Columbian Expo Souvenir Book
- Lot 3027 — 1893 World's Fair Edison & Hub Gore Lot
- Lot 3028 — 1888-1890 Metropolitan Phonograph Lot
- Lot 3029 — 1888 Edison Phonograph Doc w/Russian Translation
- Lot 3030 — 1894 Imperial Russian Edison Poster-Framed
- Lot 3031 — 1889 Russian Edison Phonograph Album
- Lot 3032 — Edison Class M Cylinder Phonograph Under Glass
- Lot 3033 — Edison M Cyl Phono Under Glass - Incomplete
- Lot 3034 — Edison Home Cylinder Phonograph Under Glass
- Lot 3035 — Edison Triumph Cylinder Phonograph Under Glass
- Lot 3036 — Hawthorne & Sheble Columbia Phonograph Cabinet
- Lot 3037 — Hawthorne & Sheble Oak Phonograph Cabinet
- Lot 3038 — Amet Echophone Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3038a — 3 Hand Blown Glass Echophone Tone Arms
- Lot 3039 — Amet Metaphone Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3040 — Amet Spring Motor Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3040a — Folding Horn Crane For A Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3040b — Unusual Brass Twist Cylinder Phonograph Horn
- Lot 3041 — Amet Spring Motor Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3042 — Edison Spring Motor Cyl Phono W Bettini Repro
- Lot 3043 — Edison Concert Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3044 — 2 Edison Phonograph Concert Broadsides
- Lot 3045 — 2 Latch Edison Standard Polyphone
- Lot 3046 — Small Bronze Bust of Thomas Edison
- Lot 3047 — 1892 With Edison Schenectady Photo Album
- Lot 3048 — 50 Original Thomas A. Edison Blank Checks
- Lot 3049 — Edison 4 Latch Banner Home Cylinder Phono
- Lot 3050 — Painted Wood Edison Records Storage Case
- Lot 3051 — The Phonograph Describes Itself Poem
- Lot 3052 — Pore Lil Mose Comic Strips
- Lot 3053 — Manhattan Coin Op Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3054 — Edison H Coin Op Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3055 — Edison Standard Model C Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3056 — Edison Home Phonograph W Gilbert Repeater
- Lot 3057 — Edison Fireside Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3058 — Edison Home Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3059 — Edison Model A Gem Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3060 — Edison Black Gem Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3061 — Edison Black Model B 2/4 Min Gem Phonograph
- Lot 3062 — Edison Mahogany Case Opera
- Lot 3063 — Edison Standard Cylinder Phono Incomplete
- Lot 3064 — Edison Amberola I Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3065 — Edison Diamond Disc Upright Phonograph
- Lot 3066 — Guernsey Moore Edison Phono Poster A Love Message
- Lot 3067 — Edison Phonograph Tin Advertising Sign
- Lot 3068 — Edison Record Talent Advertisement Poster
- Lot 3069 — Edison Batteries Tin Advertising Sign
- Lot 3070 — Edison Quiz of the Wiz Game
- Lot 3071 — Edison Congressional Medal & Centennial Programs
- Lot 3072 — Stereo View Card of Thomas Edison
- Lot 3073 — Thomas Edison Framed Portrait Print
- Lot 3074 — Edison Speaking Tube with Flexible Rubber Hose
- Lot 3075 — Early Edison Speaking Tube with Flexible Hose
- Lot 3076 — Early Edison Speaking Tube with Flexible Hose
- Lot 3077 — Two-Piece Lot of Various Recording Tubes
- Lot 3078 — Coin-Op Cylinder Phonograph Listening Rail
- Lot 3079 — Coin-Op Cylinder Phonograph Listening Rail
- Lot 3080 — Coin-Op Cylinder Phonograph Listening Rail
- Lot 3081 — Y-Shaped Listening Tube Splitter
- Lot 3082 — Coin-Op Cylinder Phonograph Listening Tube Adapter
- Lot 3083 — Ajax Double Phonograph Attachment in Original Box
- Lot 3084 — Large Lot of Various Listening Tube Parts
- Lot 3085 — Early Phonograph Listening Headphones
- Lot 3086 — Dictaphone Transcriber Headset
- Lot 3087 — Early Edison National Phonograph Co Crank
- Lot 3088 — Edison Duplex Reproducer & Brochure
- Lot 3089 — Two Edison Cylinder Phonograph Reproducer Empty Bo
- Lot 3090 — 3 -Piece Lot of Various Edison Reproducers and R
- Lot 3091 — 3 Piece Lot of Original Edison Reproducers
- Lot 3092 — Unusual Edison Reproducer in Box
- Lot 3093 — 3-Piece Lot of Edison Amberola Reproducers More
- Lot 3094 — Four-Piece Lot of Edison Recorders for Parts
- Lot 3095 — Original Edison Model H 4-Minute Reproducer
- Lot 3096 — Three-Piece Lot of Edison Reproducers Parts
- Lot 3097 — 3 Piece Lot of Edison Reproducers for Parts
- Lot 3098 — 4 Piece Lot of Edison Recorders for Parts
- Lot 3099 — Edison Recording Attachment for Opera and Amberola
- Lot 3100 — Early Edison Recorder in its Original Box
- Lot 3101 — Early Edison Recorder in its Original Box
- Lot 3102 — Original Edison Recorder in its Original Box
- Lot 3103 — Two-Piece Lot of Edison Carriages
- Lot 3104 — Edison Carriage With Automatic Reproducer
- Lot 3105 — Edison Cylinder Phonograph Carriage & Reproducer
- Lot 3106 — Edison Cylinder Phonograph Carriage with Shaver
- Lot 3107 — Edison Cyl Phono Carriage w/ Unusual Reproducer
- Lot 3108 — Large Jackpot Lot of Edison Reproducer Parts
- Lot 3109 — 3 Piece Lot of Edison Shaving Attachment Parts
- Lot 3110 — 2 Piece Lot of Edison Gear Covers
- Lot 3111 — Seven-Piece Lot of Various Edison Gear Conversion
- Lot 3112 — Unusual Edison Marked Cylinder Accessory Part
- Lot 3113 — Three-Piece Lot of Original Edison Combination Att
- Lot 3114 — 3 Piece Lot of Edison Cylinder Phonograph Cranks
- Lot 3115 — 4 Piece Lot of Edison Cylinder & Disc Cranks
- Lot 3116 — 4 Piece Lot of Edison Cygnet Horn Parts
- Lot 3117 — Jewel Hill-and-Dale Aftermarket Attachment
- Lot 3118 — 12-Piece Lot of Edison Cylinder PhonographParts
- Lot 3119 — 2 Tins of Edison Home Kinetoscope Film
- Lot 3120 — 2 Early Sets of Edison Christmas Lights
- Lot 3121 — Edison / Mickey Rooney Jigsaw Puzzle
- Lot 3122 — 1892 Nugget Library Dime Novel Tom Edison Jr.
- Lot 3123 — Copy of Thomas A. Edison Jr. Death Certificate
- Lot 3124 — 1896 Children's Book of Edison
- Lot 3125 — John Philip Sousa Band Advertising Poster
- Lot 3126 — John Philip Sousa ASCAP Lithograph Framed
- Lot 3127 — Rare Magniscope & Phonograph Early Cinema Poster
- Lot 3128 — Graphophone Broadside Advertisement
- Lot 3129 — American Graphophone Type I Electric Phonograph
- Lot 3130 — Perfected Graphophone Type G Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3131 — Columbia Foot Treadle Shaving Machine
- Lot 3132 — 8 Peg Wood Cylinder Record Caddy
- Lot 3133 — Framed Grapho-Ampliphone ConcertPoster
- Lot 3134 — Columbia AT Cyl Phono Under Glass W Bettini Repro
- Lot 3136 — Hawthorne & Sheble Columbia Phonograph Cabinet
- Lot 3137 — Columbia Type N Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3138 — Graphophone Grand Poster
- Lot 3139 — Colombia Graphophone AA Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3140 — Columbia BC 20th Century Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3141 — Graphophone Concert Announcement Broadside
- Lot 3143 — Columbia Q Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3144 — Columbia Q Cyl Phono on Fancy Base
- Lot 3145 — Columbia Cyl Phono From Maison Georges Raick
- Lot 3146 — Columbia Eagle Cyl Phono In A French Travel Case
- Lot 3147 — Columbia AQ Cylinder Phonograph
- Lot 3148 — Columbia BS Coin Op Cylinder Phonograph
- … and 492 more lots
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