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Not for the faint of heart
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schweg
- Victor III
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Re: Not for the faint of heart
they said it was gutted and sitting in an alley when they got it.
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FloridaClay
- Victor VI
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Re: Not for the faint of heart
Assuming it was a VE 9-55, these are really beautiful in good condition. Carved walnut, ultra high end, being $1,550.00 at introduction in 1927 (a bit over $21,000 in inflation adjusted current money). Complete it weighed in at 393 pounds! Total of 2,039 produced.
I just noticed the seller says her husband "totally rebuilt" the inside. With good intentions I'm sure, but making it much harder to restore even if you could find all the interior parts.
Makes you want to cry.
Clay
I just noticed the seller says her husband "totally rebuilt" the inside. With good intentions I'm sure, but making it much harder to restore even if you could find all the interior parts.
Makes you want to cry.
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
- Victor III
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Re: Not for the faint of heart
I saw one in an antique mall in Ohio last summer when I was out that way. It had been completely gutted on the inside and lined with cedar and had a rod in it for clothes. Those machines probably are really nice, but I don't think time was very kind to the mechanism in them and in a lot of ways, it's a wonder any of them are still around. They are really nice looking though and anyone that had half a brain should be able to see it was a very expensive piece of furniture in it's day. Even if they don't know what it started out life as.