Magnola Talking Machine Company - Chicago

[zenith82]

I've never owned, nor seen a Magnola. The one in the auction link is a very interesting-looking machine, but the seller obviously has no clue when it comes to pricing it, though I wouldn't think it would be out of line to ask about 300-400 for it if it were complete.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who is interested in the more obscure machines. Don't ask me why, but I've always felt like these machines have more personality and more of a story to tell than many of the machines from the "Big Three", or their close counterparts (Brunswick, Silvertone, etc). The VV-XI is a nice machine and is good for someone who wants a single phonograph to play period records on, but after a while you start to get tired of seeing them!

[FloridaClay]

$1,795.00 HOLY SMOKES

It's now been "marked down" to $1,256.50, still too much IMHO. It is a very handsome machine, though.

Clay

[Joe_DS]

Out of curiosity, I searched Google Patents.

This was the only one I've found, so far, for M Schulz Co., parent company of Otto Schulz Co., related to "talking machine," "phonograph," "sound reproducing," etc.:

https://www.google.com/patents/US128758 ... CDMQ6AEwAA

Joe

[Victrolacollector]

This is a nice link on the M. Shulz Co. which also manufactured the Magnola Talking Machine from Chicago.


http://www.chicagonow.com/look-back-chi ... o/#image/6