I noticed he was asking for any id help so wondered if anyone could help him /her ?
I wouldn't mind knowing a bit about it too.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-Wick ... rk:17:pf:0
E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
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Re: E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
It looks like an interesting frankenphone. The tonearm is too long to play any records on it, and the ad says there is no hole for the crank.
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nothing interesting at all , CRAPOPHONE
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Re: E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
Look like it was made as a decorative object using some real pieces
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Re: E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
Interesting.
I appreciate the information.
Maybe a shame that s/he didn't say how s/he came across the gramophone.
I appreciate the information.
Maybe a shame that s/he didn't say how s/he came across the gramophone.
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Re: E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
PLUS, IT'S JUST PLAIN UGLY...soundgen wrote:nothing interesting at all , CRAPOPHONE
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: E Bay seller seeking id advice re: Wicker Gramophone
Curt A wrote:PLUS, IT'S JUST PLAIN UGLY...soundgen wrote:nothing interesting at all , CRAPOPHONE
... as my in-laws said when I asked if I could marry their daughter ...