One does wonder!

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Uncle Vanya
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One does wonder!

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A customer of mine, a new collector, with a slim pocket but a new collector's enthusiasm e-mailed me this morning to tell me that he was just offered a "Junior Monarch" for $800, and what did I think of it. I told him that "$800 was a pretty good price for a front-mount Victor E, but there are lots of reproduction parts out there. Why not send me some pictures and I will tell you what you have."

So he sent me these pictures:

(Will post as soon as I get into photobucket)

Which are identical to the photos of this machine whic is offerred for sale for $5000.00 by an antique shop in Mineola NY in their website: http://www.htantiques.com/item/101/anti ... gramophone


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Uncle Vanya
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It appears that the photographs were used to create an eBay offering, with a beginning price of $9.99. The potential buyer asked a question about the machine and was told that it might be available for just $800.00. He was asked to use the escrow service "Skrill" to submit payment. The number of the fake auction was 172143307290.

What a wild weekend!

Uncle Vanya
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Re: One does wonder!

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It appears that the photographs were used to create an eBay offering, with a beginning price of $9.99. The potential buyer asked a question about the machine and was told that it might be available for just $800.00. He was asked to use the escrow service "Skrill" to submit payment. The number of the fake auction was 172143307290.

What a wild weekend!

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Re: One does wonder!

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Off topic, but I wonder how my new YETI cup holds ice for 2 days? And a cold beer for over 24 hours?
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Re: One does wonder!

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Amberola wrote:Off topic, but I wonder how my new YETI cup holds ice for 2 days? And a cold beer for over 24 hours?
A cold beer lasts me a little under 30 minutes, so 24 hours is overkill! :lol:

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OrthoSean wrote:
Amberola wrote:Off topic, but I wonder how my new YETI cup holds ice for 2 days? And a cold beer for over 24 hours?
A cold beer lasts me a little under 30 minutes, so 24 hours is overkill! :lol:

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I'm surprised it takes you that long.

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:D Bunch of alchees. :roll:

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