FloridaClay wrote:A picture of the beast in question, from the listing.
I notice that the picture of the example 8-9 on the Victor-Victrola website does not appear to have painted feet. The illustration (#5-35) in Timothy & George's Discovering Antique Phonographs shows a MUCH more subtle painted treatment in line with what I would have expected from Victor. As someone said, the one sold on eBay was way overdone IMHO.
Clay
This photo looks like it was taken with "flash-on-camera", which ( I think ) makes the poly-chrome coloring look especially garish. I think the same machine, photographed under regular room lighting would not look quite as freakish. That said, it does appear that the feet may have been "touched-up"...