I'm not a big fan, but these have been of discussion in the past so I just thought I'd share... a wicker phonograph from craigslist.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/ ... 17343.html
Wicker phonograph
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Re: Wicker phonograph
Is that the same model Brad has?
It's a nice machine, but oh boy...the price!
It's a nice machine, but oh boy...the price!
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Re: Wicker phonograph
Interesting machine, but like Shane mentioned—rather pricey. With the wicker cabinet do you hear more surface noise than with a wood cabinet?
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[hr][/hr]Heywood-Wakefield Wicker Victrola - $1600 (Waldorf, MD)
Reply to: sale-1047017343@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-02-23, 1:25PM EST
Standup Heywood-Wakefield Wicker Victrola. Excellent playing condition 65rpm to 106 rpm. With some records. Not many of these left the price is firm. Extra needles.
Craigslist PostingID: 1047017343
- Location: Waldorf, MD
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Re: Wicker phonograph
Waldorf is an expensive and upper class area around DC. It doesn't surprise me it is pricey. Wicker types do not sell that well. Intertique.com has one for sale for years on his website and it still hasn't sold.
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Re: Wicker phonograph
Not the same as mine, but close. I have never seen identical wicker phonographs, every one has been different. I have probably come across 7 or 8 in my time.gramophoneshane wrote:Is that the same model Brad has?
It's a nice machine, but oh boy...the price!
All the Heywood Wakefield phonos (that I have seen anyway) all have the same works installed (Perfektone).
As to price, the one on CL is fairly priced based upon my experience. I won the fourth one I saw at auction, and all went for around this money. I consider myself lucky in that mine is in perfekt condition, no wicker damage.
Some folks like these, others hate them. It's all personal choice.
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Re: Wicker phonograph
Well, there's no accounting for taste, and I would be the last person to denigrate these examples, but IMO Heywood-Wakefield should have stuck to furniture and railroad car seating, their core business.
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Re: Wicker phonograph
that one down by DC looks really good, but I'm in agreement that the price seems over the top... and it's twice or more the cost of the few that I've seen at estate sales over the past eight years. the other one above from the midwest seems much more reasonable.