If you were looking for an upscale phonograph a hundred years ago, you couldn’t go wrong by looking at the offerings on the eighth floor of Gimbel Brothers Department Store, as shown in this ad from the October 7, 1921, issue of the New York Evening World.  The store was open until 9, or if you couldn’t make it, you could mail in the coupon.

Upright models started at $49.75, and the handsome console from Emerson sold for $119.