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Take a look:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VICTROL ... 2a3f872197
From time to time, I get buyers who know nothing about antique phonographs, but want to give one as a present for their husband, etc. I wonder how many get suckered into these crapophone deals.
Raphael
Another Fanciful eBay Listing
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Raphael
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Scott
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Re: Another Fanciful eBay Listing
Oh my! I'm sure someone will make an offer on it though.
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clevelander
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Re: Another Fanciful eBay Listing
I Emailed the seller informing him that the machine is an Indian "confection" made from various recycled parts, and that it should not be used to play cherished records due to the usual appalling tracking.
His reply was:-
OK
His reply was:-
OK
Last edited by clevelander on Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Curt A
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Re: Another Fanciful eBay Listing
OMG... that's the rare model with the attached stand...
"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."
My Wife
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."
My Wife
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gramophone-georg
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Re: Another Fanciful eBay Listing
With those numbers, that seller's not long for eBay anyways.
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
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