Granted, this is a rarely found Phonopostal card frame... BUT... what do you do with it?
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/114179122774?mk ... olid=10001
Even if you glued it back together, the pot metal that remains looks like it's going to self destruct at any time...
"Rare Piece" - in pieces - UPDATE
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"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
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Re: "Rare Piece" - in pieces
Nothing... this is how they listed it for sale...
"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."
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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."
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Re: "Rare Piece" - in pieces
It is the recording frame for a PhonoPostal phonograph that allowed you to record messages on a postcard and mail it to a friend, who also had a PhonoPostal machine to play it back on... an early version of email...
"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."
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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."
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Wow, very cool! Thanks Curt!
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And at 10:40 there is another broken frame.
Interesting video, thanks.
Interesting video, thanks.
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I wonder if anyone would make reproductions of those?Couldn't hurt to find out. edisonplayer
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Since the machines are a needle in a haystack find - only four known in North America and two owned by the guy who did the previous video - I would conclude that the market for repro frames would be infinitesimal to non-existent... Meaning unprofitable to pursue...edisonplayer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:33 am I wonder if anyone would make reproductions of those?Couldn't hurt to find out. edisonplayer
"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