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I suspect the seller was hoping to squeeze out every dime he could.GregVTLA wrote:I've never seen a listing with knobs and exterior gold trim as extras. Why!
He had it listed at $500.00. It didn't sell. He re-listed it at $500.00 and has increased the same listing to $3500.00. I don't know what is up with this guy. Too bad. It looks like a nice machine.GregVTLA wrote:Only $3,500? What a steal! I wonder how much extra the gold trim is?
The two back doors are original to very early Victrola XVI Type E's. I can attest to the originality of these doors as my relative's family heirloom XVI type E from 1912 has the very same doors on the back. I have an XVI Type E from 1913, however, which does not have these doors. It appears they eliminated them sometime early in the year. Anyhow, this is a great machine. Too bad the price was raised.brianu wrote:Buyer beware on this one... some shots show a relatively complete machine, others show it stripped of all hardware, one shows plastic bags of hardware, listing says “most gold trimmed metal hardware included”... those two open doors on the back are odd, and the finish looks off, strangely dark on the flat panels - lid, sides, doors, back.... as if coated with something... I’d want to see something like this in person, and would definitely want to buy it that way rather than rely on a game of chance regarding what might ultimately get delivered to my house if purchased from a distance.
Django wrote:This seems to be one of those erratic people. Now he wants $3500.00 for the machine.