Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner

InventorEntrepreneurEngineerIndustrialist

Emile Berliner was a German-American inventor and businessman who invented the lateral-cut flat disc record, also known as a "gramophone record," used with a gramophone. He founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894.

Origin
Born 1851 in Hanover, Germany · Died 1929
Studied at
Cooper Union

Also searched as E. Berliner

Read the full Wikipedia article → Biography and portrait: Wikipedia & Wikidata

Emile Berliner autograph value

Data collected from: Jun 2026 to Jul 2026

We have recorded 2 sales of Emile Berliner memorabilia between Jun 2026 and Jul 2026. The median sale is $205 and the average is $205; the highest recorded sale is $300. 2 sales have closed in the last 90 days.

Median sale

$205

midpoint of all 2 sales

Average sale

$205

mean of all 2 sales

Sold in last 90 days

2

$409 of turnover

Highest sale

$300

across all 2 sales

  • Source completed eBay listings, archived daily
  • Floor sales of $50 and up; sweeps search from $75
  • * best offer accepted. eBay shows the listing price, not the amount paid

See all 2 sold records

Recent Emile Berliner sales

2 most recent of 2
Sold dateItemPriceCategory
2026-07-01 E. Berliner’s Gramophone Disc Record “My Old Kentucky Home” Haydn Quartette2026-07-01 $300.00 Products & prototypes
2026-06-21 7” E. BERLINER DISC: LOUIS BRADFIELD ‘SUSIE, SUSIE’ EUGENE STRATTON SONG, 1901!2026-06-21 $109.14 Products & prototypes
Also Inventor

Open Emile Berliner in the interactive database →