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http://mansfield.craigslist.org/atq/4869493613.html
Of course they forgot to take the cling film from over the camera lens, but that seems to be the order on craigslist. Pictures are pretty expensive to take these days. Ha!
AntiqueVictrola Phonograph - $100 (Mansfield)
Missing the arm.
This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside horn.
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EarlH
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This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside horn.
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estott
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
Might not actually be a Columbia- the plate says "This machine will play Columbia and Victor records". Might be a Swiss import. Still, worth $100 for the parts and the peacock horn. WARNING- when suspiciously cheap machines show up on Craigslist I've found that the seller breaks off any contact if you show interest - I think some people use it as a way to see if someone is interested.
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EarlH
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
These sorts of machines never had much or really, interest for me. Back years ago when I first got interested in phonographs the old guy that kind of encouraged me told me one day that he "Wouldn't make room for a Columbia in the driveway" Must have had a bad experience. But Bud was born about 1901 and was around this stuff new, so who knows what sort of prejudice he was dealing with when it came to the 'off' brands. But in those days I was a kid and figured he knew what he was talking about.
Craigslist sure is a minefield though, that's for sure. I see ads all the time asking for serious buyers, but there sure are a lot of non-serious sellers. Ha!
Craigslist sure is a minefield though, that's for sure. I see ads all the time asking for serious buyers, but there sure are a lot of non-serious sellers. Ha!
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FloridaClay
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
Columbia made some fine machines, and some not so fine, because of pot metal parts primarily. When the pictures look like they were taken through gauze, it makes me wonder what they are trying to hide. Still at $100 I would be sorely tempted to go take a look.
Clay
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Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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EarlH
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
I know that now, but 40 odd years ago I only knew what I saw in the collections my Dad let me see. I don't even know if they were doing phonograph shows in those days, but even if they were doing them, my folks figured I had enough of that junk around and it was spreading through the house! I would have people give me Victrolas off their front porch and even if they wanted to keep the machine, they would usually give me the records. NOT outside horn machines of course, and usually Edison's were considered in high regard, but not so much with any of the rest of them.
Most of what was given to me wasn't really worth much, but I did have one really good machine given to me and it was a Columbia, the one that also came with the Reginaphone in it. When Dad called up Bud to tell him I hauled home the damnedest record player he had ever seen with lion heads on the corners, I think Bud and his wife were out in front of the house (they lived about 10 miles away) before Dad hung up the phone! It didn't have the Reginaphone in it, but Bud did buy it from Dad. I don't think it was in the house for more than 3 hours. I never saw it at Bud's house so he either sold it to Tom Fretty or Leo Hirtz. The tone arm was pot metal on it and it was very dirty so I really didn't care. It was not playable. And in those days it was probably a $75 machine at the most around here. Out in California they were paying crazy prices for that stuff, but not here in Iowa. Too many of them around I suppose. So that's the only Columbia phonograph I ever had and I never heard it play a record. Bud did give me a Claxtonola about that same time and it may have had something to do with that Columbia. I thought they were both about the same as far as quality went. Kind of funny now.
Most of what was given to me wasn't really worth much, but I did have one really good machine given to me and it was a Columbia, the one that also came with the Reginaphone in it. When Dad called up Bud to tell him I hauled home the damnedest record player he had ever seen with lion heads on the corners, I think Bud and his wife were out in front of the house (they lived about 10 miles away) before Dad hung up the phone! It didn't have the Reginaphone in it, but Bud did buy it from Dad. I don't think it was in the house for more than 3 hours. I never saw it at Bud's house so he either sold it to Tom Fretty or Leo Hirtz. The tone arm was pot metal on it and it was very dirty so I really didn't care. It was not playable. And in those days it was probably a $75 machine at the most around here. Out in California they were paying crazy prices for that stuff, but not here in Iowa. Too many of them around I suppose. So that's the only Columbia phonograph I ever had and I never heard it play a record. Bud did give me a Claxtonola about that same time and it may have had something to do with that Columbia. I thought they were both about the same as far as quality went. Kind of funny now.
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FloridaClay
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
Cleaned up those lion's head machines are drop dead beautiful.
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Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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EarlH
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Re: This seems cheap, but I never owned a Columbia outside h
Those lion headed machines really are. But I was probably 10 or 11 at the time and 1973 is a long time ago now.
I had a chance at a Victor VI back then for $45, but it was my Dad's money of course and I really didn't know what I was looking at. I did say something to the dealer about one of the metal capitals being missing and he lifted up the motor board to show it was inside the cabinet. And said it would be $75 if it was an oak one, red being difficult to sell in those days of avocado green, harvest gold, et. It was also in that shop for a long time so I would have thought it was overpriced too. But, $45 also would have been a lot of money for my Dad to come up with for something that I really didn't need, and I knew that. By the late 70's when I was working, I had a '41 Buick and was more worried about that so I didn't really buy too much phonograph stuff other than records. We kind of forget now with the internet how much work it was tromping all over the place looking for stuff that we might be interested in. The books have really helped as well, or hurt, depending on how you look at it.
I had a chance at a Victor VI back then for $45, but it was my Dad's money of course and I really didn't know what I was looking at. I did say something to the dealer about one of the metal capitals being missing and he lifted up the motor board to show it was inside the cabinet. And said it would be $75 if it was an oak one, red being difficult to sell in those days of avocado green, harvest gold, et. It was also in that shop for a long time so I would have thought it was overpriced too. But, $45 also would have been a lot of money for my Dad to come up with for something that I really didn't need, and I knew that. By the late 70's when I was working, I had a '41 Buick and was more worried about that so I didn't really buy too much phonograph stuff other than records. We kind of forget now with the internet how much work it was tromping all over the place looking for stuff that we might be interested in. The books have really helped as well, or hurt, depending on how you look at it.