Gothic on eBay
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- Victor III
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Re: Gothic on eBay
And yours looks really good too Jerry, at least the one pic I've seen of it. I paid "somewhat" more for the one I have and it's missing some trim around the bottom. I hope to get it fixed up but am waiting for my woodworking buddy to return from his job assignment in Alaska.
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Re: Gothic on eBay
Is this the same one pictured in the "Look For The Dog" book? I was looking it up for reference and the one pictured in the book says it's #500. The nameplate on the one for sale here says 500 and #501. Is it the same one pictured?
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- Victor III
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Re: Gothic on eBay
They all have the 500 on the namplate as part of the machine name for some reason. It is then followed by the number of the machine so #501 would be the first.
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- Victor II
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Re: Gothic on eBay
That Columbia BC is highly customized. The cygnet type horn was certainly never made available by Columbia for this model, and this one is clearly cobbled up from pieces and parts. The 2/4 minute gearing is not obvious and is not original to the machine. The standard Columbia style of 2/4 minute gear change that consisted of the shift lever on the side of the feedscrew housing was used on the BC just as on other Columbias. I have a BC with original 2/4 minute gearing and the correct reproducer and auditorium size horn. Yes, Columbia employed a single stylus design for their 2/4 minute machines. The stylus was a tubular shaped piece of sapphire, sized to play 4 minute records. Playing the Columbia 2 minute celluloid records of the day was possible with this stylus, but using it to play wax 2 minutes would destroy those records. The stylus arrangement on this eBay machine is purely customized. It looks nothing like the original.
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Re: Gothic on eBay
The man who is selling these machine owns Keystone piano rolls. He has a video posted on YOUTUBE of his Ampico roll cutting machine. Very interesting to watch. Nice man to do business with.
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Re: Gothic on eBay
One just sold at the Wayne show 2 weeks ago for $3700. It's #528.Jerry B. wrote:As for the Gothic's value... I bought one from a California collector about fifteen years ago for $3,500. But today...? Jerry Blais
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Re: Gothic on eBay
I didn't see the machine there! Where/when at the show was this displayed? Did it sell in the parking lot?!!phonogfp wrote:One just sold at the Wayne show 2 weeks ago for $3700. It's #528.Jerry B. wrote:As for the Gothic's value... I bought one from a California collector about fifteen years ago for $3,500. But today...? Jerry Blais
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Re: Gothic on eBay
No, it arrived Sunday morning but was spotted in a dealer's truck. It went from one truck directly into another. It's in pretty nice condition too.
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