EBAY: Vanophone

Victrolacollector · Post by **Victrolacollector** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:10 pm

There is a Vanophone on Ebay. The last bid was over $ 400.00

What do you guys think....its out of my league, but why so much?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-SM ... 43dd487854

Victrolaboy · Post by **Victrolaboy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:45 pm

I think the reason the price is so high is because metal bodied phonographs from the WW1 era are rare because most of them were scrapped.

Victrolacollector · Post by **Victrolacollector** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:51 pm

Victrolaboy wrote:I think the reason the price is so high is because metal bodied phonographs from the WW1 era are rare because most of them were scrapped.

That does make sense, you really don't see these machine around very often.

briankeith · Post by **briankeith** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:32 am

I paid $275.00 for mine several years ago at the Wayne show.

brianu · Post by **brianu** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:56 am

they're certainly not the most common phonograph, but I too have seen them selling for a good deal less than that. some sellers, it seems, just have that... "magic touch"... with auctions that attract far more bidders and money than the norm. I'm thinking of a few in ohio and north carolina in particular.

estott · Post by **estott** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:03 pm

There are a fair amount of them out there- I think its because they look rather "Steampunk" with all that metal, and also pure happenstance- a bidding war can come out of noplace.

FloridaClay · Post by **FloridaClay** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:12 pm

It sold for $547.99.

Clay

Retrograde · Post by **Retrograde** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:41 pm

Same seller sold a very similar one in April for $305, i think it's just who's bidding.

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