VV-XVIII on Ebay

[PHONOMIKE]

Not mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victrola-VV-XVI ... 1c3fd5df13

[phonogfp]

"...the prize of my collection...I have had for a long time...I don't know if it works because i never wound it up."

Ummm... Really???

George P.

[SignatureSeriesOwner]

I wouldn't go two grand on it, that's for certain. In that shape, I don't know what a good value would be...$800?

[phonogfp]

Just to be clear, I wasn't knocking the machine's condition; only the claim that the seller "never wound it up" despite it being the "prize of my collection."

George P.

[FloridaClay]

Sounds highly dubious to me also George.

Clay

[estott]

That is WAY overpriced - thanks to the internet these are a bit less rare than they used to seem.

[gramophone78]

I had a feeling I had seen this very machine before. Now I know where.......HERE!!!!.... .
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... 198#p63198

[Player-Tone]

Just to be clear, I wasn't knocking the machine's condition; only the claim that the seller "never wound it up" despite it being the "prize of my collection."

George P.

That's very strange- isn't that the first thing you do when you get a wind up phonograph? He owned it for over a year and never tried winding it up- even just to see what happens??

Honestly, it would probably take 30 seconds to wind it up and test it- even if it was just done for the eBay description.

[victorIIvictor]

Wayne (gramophone78), all I can say is that you have sharp eyes! For whatever reason, after a mere 18 months the bloom appears to be off the rose for Mr. Spicoli and his VV-XVIII.

--Mark

[De Soto Frank]

I had a feeling I had seen this very machine before. Now I know where.......HERE!!!!.... .
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... 198#p63198

Also seems to be the same chap offering this Credenza:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... 14&t=16754