FOR SALE: Victrola Consolette 24423 - Inquiry/Offers

[Phono-Phan]

Thank you all for the helpful replies! Top is in decent shape as well, but if it's not worth more than $200, we'll just be taking it to a pawn shop.

I'm pretty sure you'll do worse at a pawn shop.

[Dischoard]

The Consolette models normally do not age well. Being at the low end of the Victor Orthophonic line, they seem to have not warranted great care and upkeep over the years. Yours, on the other hand, appears to be fairly nice. You don't show the condition of the lid surface however. That's the most abused portion of most cabinets and the least photographed in most sale listings. Your example is also interesting in that it's the early version, with no speaker grill or grill cloth. Honestly, this is the first example I've ever seen and didn't know there was such a thing. Kind of makes it the "rarer" form of the one of the least rare models.

If it were mine, and if the finish on the lid surface is as nice as the rest of the cabinet, I'd say maybe $150.00 - $175.00 tops, and I'm probably a bit high at that. This also assumes that the reproducer is in decent condition and is at least rebuildable, (many are not). Others can disagree, and maybe for good reason Personally, I like that it's an early example.

I have this same model, posted it a couple years ago

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The Craigslist ad started at $400. After a month dropped to $200.
After a couple of weeks I offered $100 (and that was probably a bit too much) and now it's on my second floor

[mattrx]

They are really nice, loud and clear little machines that are quite common with common parts. I have bought 2 over the years. One at $100 and one at $150. They both needed work and both turned out nicely. One got sold, one was gifted to a close relative and they love it. While they are nice loud little machines, many examples survived and they are not especially rare or worth many dollars. They should be saved, but don't expect to make a lot of money.

My 2 cents.

Matt Burke

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and now we'll probably never see them on here again...