Value of Edison Elizabethan Period Model?

[Uncle Vanya]

This machine was Charles Gregory's. He purchased it from the estate of a child of the original owner. It came with the extra motor. This Ekonowatt motor was used in the 1915 vintage Ediphones. The electric motor used in the Diamond Disc "Specials" conisisted of an ordinary Diamond Disc bed plate with and ordinary turntable spindle and governor drive gear which was driven by a governor shaft with a sheave which in turn was driven by a belt from the electric motor shaft. The motor was spring mounted in the manner of an Ediphone. The governor adjusting screw from the electric motor was located in the rear right corner of the bed plate.

75 of these motor assemblies were made up, and perhaps fifty may have been used in machines. They appear to have worked well enough when the electric line voltage was steady, but line voltage could fluctuate greatly in those days, particularly in suburban areas. This was musically unacceptable, and Edison abandoned this motor as soon as a method was devised to allow an ordinary spring motor to be wound when installed in an Art Cabine. This assembly consisted of a pair of toothed wheels and a bit of ladder chain.

The Elizabethan machine which is the subject of this post is in lovely, perfect original condition, but may be overvalued by its owner.

What would one really be worth in the current market, I wonder?

[De Soto Frank]

It is an interesting machine, but I think $8-$12k is highly optimistic.