THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER COMPANY, USA, NO. 2867-108911, WITH BRUNSWICK REPRODUCER ULTONA SINGLE, DESIGNED TO PLAY THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF DISCS: LATERALLY-CUT SHELLAC (VICTOR AND COLUMBIA ETC.) AND VERTICALLY-CUT SHELLAC (PATHé), 12-INCH TURNTABLE, OAK CASE, MISSING SAPPHIRE POINT NEEDLE, OTHERWISE IN GOOD ORIGINAL PLAYING CONDITION.PROVENANCE: FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. AUREL JORDAN, ACQUIRED IN SHANGHAI CIRCA 1937-1947, AND THENCE BY DESCENT TO THE PRESENT OWNER. DR. AUREL JORDAN (1885-1964) WAS AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PHYSICIAN WHO SERVED AS A COUNCILMAN AND HEALTH OFFICIAL IN VIENNA. A STREET IN THE 23RD DISTRICT OF VIENNA, IS NAMED AFTER HIM. HE WAS THE BROTHER OF ARCHITECT CHARLES HENRY JORDAN, WHO WAS ACTIVE IN SHANGHAI BETWEEN THE 1920S AND 1940S. AS C. H. JORDAN ROSE TO BE A RENOWNED ARCHITECT, HE RAN IN THE SAME CIRCLES AS FOREIGN ELITES, INCLUDING SHANGHAI'S TOP OLIGARCH VICTOR SASSOON. IN 1938, AUREL JORDAN AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED FASCIST VIENNA AND JOINED C. H. JORDAN IN SHANGHAI. AFTER THE COMMUNIST VICTORY IN CHINA IN 1949, THE BROTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES LEFT FOR THE US AND SETTLED IN LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.