I found this listing on EBay and was blown away by the details of the machine in the pictures! Does anybody have any information on it? It would be great to see a few more clear photos!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Victor-Victrol ... SwINZetvUy
A Victrola fit for a King?
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
Johndoe64 wrote:I found this listing on EBay and was blown away by the details of the machine in the pictures! Does anybody have any information on it? It would be great to see a few more clear photos!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Victor-Victrol ... SwINZetvUy
Wow. If the Shah commissioned this Victor and it survived then we have reason to believe the 3-reproducer Multiplex Graphophone the Shah ordered also survived into modernity!
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
As is so often the case, the eBay seller isn't well-informed. The Victrola pictured was decorated in the "Moorish Marquetry" option briefly offered by Victor. This machine was originally cataloged for $750.00 - - by far the most costly Victrola at the time. (By comparison, a Vernis-Martin Victrola was $400.00.)
I believe a member of this forum currently owns this machine.
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I believe a member of this forum currently owns this machine.
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
So that the photos remain after the eBay auction closes...
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
I wonder: can anyone translate the inscriptions on this cabinet; or is it just faux-Arabic scribbling?phonogfp wrote:As is so often the case, the eBay seller isn't well-informed. The Victrola pictured was decorated in the "Moorish Marquetry" option briefly offered by Victor. This machine was originally cataloged for $750.00 - - by far the most costly Victrola at the time. (By comparison, a Vernis-Martin Victrola was $400.00.)
I believe a member of this forum currently owns this machine.
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Re: A Victrola fit for a King?
I doubt that it’s “faux-Arabic scribbling”, since these cabinets were actually sent to Morocco ‘in the white’ to be inlaid by craftsmen there.
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“faux-Arabic scribbling” Reminds me of this tattoo someone got.