Looks like the original owner of an early Victor Talking Machine, decided to upgrade to a Concert Reproducer, and put this into the Concert box and forgot about it for 120 years! This would have been original equipment on a Victor A, B, or C phonograph in 1901.
Just goes to show that there is still some Minty Original stuff out there.
WOW!, Bob S.
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
WOW! Now that's really a survivor! Congratulations to this awesome find!
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
WOW!!! is right.
Interestingly, I found my Consolidated "C" stamped Clark-Johnson inside a ERJ Concert box too with my ERJ type B. The lid just presses the needle screw a touch too much screwed all the way down. Unlike a ERJ Concert, which fits perfectly.
Interestingly, I found my Consolidated "C" stamped Clark-Johnson inside a ERJ Concert box too with my ERJ type B. The lid just presses the needle screw a touch too much screwed all the way down. Unlike a ERJ Concert, which fits perfectly.
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
I’ve never seen one as mint as yours. Very nice!
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Bob, did you win the one on Ebay..?? That must be one the best examples around.
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Bob, did you win the one on Ebay..?? That must be one the best examples around.Yep! I got lucky!
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
What is it and US sellers shipping to Canada ?
DOES NOT SHIP TO CANADA
I guess they figure the leprosy might spread somehow.
DOES NOT SHIP TO CANADA
I guess they figure the leprosy might spread somehow.
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Nice I am surprised there weren't more bids on it. Only 6? Congrats!
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Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
gramophone78: Well congrats getting that one. I will be curious to know if yours is also a touch too high in the Concert box. Please let us know once you get it.Well the lid closes all the way on the reproducer. Possibly the ERJ Concert Box is a bit shallower than the Victor Concert Box?
Anyway, I dusted it off with a soft brush, and it just shines. The unmarred screws are a gorgeous blue!
I haven't seen a nicer reproducer since the Clark/Johnson that I have on my 1898 Berliner, which also still has lovely blued screws, but I think this one has it beat!
Bob S.