Factory painted GEM

[ts_13]

I am wondering who picked up that factory painted GEM from the auction? Congratulations to whoever grabbed it that was a beauty!

[ColoradoPhonograf]

I saw that listed and saved photos. Interesting that factory decorated machines don't show up very often.

[phonospud]

Wow! That is a rare one! I only know of one other example, it’s has a little more decorations than this one and a mahogany case. For that kind of money for the extras when new, you could have just upgraded to a better machine. Glad they chose this new! So cool! What auction did this come form? Congratulations to the lucky new caretaker!

[Django]

I’m not questioning the authenticity of the machine, but just wondering how they concluded that it was a factory pain job. This is the only one that I had seen.

[JerryVan]

Sorry, but that looks like it was done by a child. Especially the gold on the carriage arm and fleur-de-lis near the feed gears.

[phonospud]

Come to think about it, now that I have been reminded as to how pretty the one I was referring to actually is [thanks], the first one seems very different regarding the special decorations and the quality.

[zenith82]

I may be wrong, but I don't think the first one left the factory that way. I'm thinking it might have been something that was offered by a dealer to dress the machine up to make it more appealing to the lady of the house.

[Liamhamb30]

It looks like that could be factory painted, but if I recall the only other painted GEM I've seen was the one on the CAPS website, and that one has a lot more going on. This looks kinda minimal in what's there. Not gonna doubt the authenticity, since I've only seen a factory painted banner Home and a Triumph in person but it's very distinct from the only other GEM example I've seen.

[Aaron]

Can someone post a link to the auction?

[Fonotone]

Can someone post a link to the auction?

It was sold at a local auction house here in NC, Aaron. Link: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/ ... 36e4985966

-- Grant