Two hours before the time was out, I was able to locate the sellers phone number. I decided to make a phone call to her, and during the conversation her opinion and mood changed. She said she liked the idea of the gramophone being restored and preserved, and during the next 2 hours she called me 5 times, allowing me to take part in a bidding with another potential buyer. 30 minutes before the bidding time was ending, the other person retracted from the bidding, and I won the "auction", and the price was not at all scary. If so I would have passed it, since I absolutely not had planned another gramophone purchase right now. But how often do you find a horn gramophone of this age, and of this scarcity... During the next week or so I will have the gramophone, and will also be on phone with the lady to assist her in packing the gramophone in two separate boxes, before it is shippped to me. And Bruce, your idea was good, but I quickly understood the lady wanted to sell to someone local, and the only option was to call her, to possibly make a deal, since I already had communicated with her extensively over email and chat. One can not win every time, but one also has not lost before every stone has been turned to find a possible solution... -Nostalgia- PS. I will post more photos of the motor etc...when the gramophone has arrived...
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