empty Victrola cabinet

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Thought someone might be interested in this cabinet.
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtop ... 1&t=294937

[Panatropia]

Sorry, couldn't resist the impulse. Apparently we value empty cabinets much more on the east coast.

https://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/atq/5461565796.html

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If you have never seen one of those in person, they are huge, over 5' tall.The Chinese one is just as big, if not larger. There is a person in Dallas that has one of each complete with radio and electrola inside.

[Cody K]

Hah, that one on the NY Craigslist has been listed forever, and it probably will be at that price. I'd guess the sixty-buck one will be sold fairly quickly, and probably end up as a bar, or a doghouse or something.

It always cracks me up when would-be sellers ask as much or more for empty cabinets than a complete machine might command -- as if the absence of, y'know, the actual mechanism doesn't bring down the value a little. Seems that optimi$m sometimes trumps common sense. Wait, did I say sometimes? I meant often.

What really surprises me though is how frequently someone will put something like a VV-XI on CL at $1200 or so. You'd think maybe they'd take the step of looking at what others are asking for Victrolas on CL first, to get an idea of a price range, but nooooo...