"Top Finds of 2016"

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zonophpones7 wrote:I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to acquire this wonderful Edison Ideal...in outstanding original condition. Definitely My top find of 2016!!
Happy New year To everyone on the Forum!
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Very nice machine!
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rgordon939 wrote:My find for 2016 would be a beautiful Triumph Model-E. It seems to be the almost complete unit as purchased in 1911. It consists of the machine, a Triumph Model-E, Music Master horn, original crane, Model-O reproducer (iron & brass), Model-C reproducer with adapter ring, 2-Min Recorder in original box with the very early style adapter ring, rubber horn connector, packing slip, manual, cygnet horn adjusting form. The only items that were not included were the oil can, bottle of oil, and the brush. You just don't see complete units like this with the original paperwork very often.

Rich Gordon

This is awesome Rich. I have been looking for a model E with an 11 panel cygnet for a while, but this one is one of the nicest I've seen.
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zonophpones7 wrote:I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to acquire this wonderful Edison Ideal...in outstanding original condition. Definitely My top find of 2016!!
Happy New year To everyone on the Forum!
Gregg Cline
Beautiful Gregg! Did you get also a horn with it or that remains on the wish list?

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We were blessed in 2016 in finding my first Othophonic machine. The Colony sounds great. Then adding an L Door to the collection. One of the best finds
was Jaspers after the Union show. That was an experience beyond belief. The two stain glass ladies were breathtaking in person.
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My best new "toy"for this year would have to be this Columbia GG:

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AND the close second is this Columbia AS:

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My major find for this past year was an Amberola 1 cabinet with a factory-installed Diamond Disc mechanism!

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=27117
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My one and only purchase in 2016:

I am so incredibly Blessed and grateful to own this machine that I purchased from someone that I am honored to call a friend.

Looking for another large Electrola or other record changer in 2017 (10-70, 9-54, 9-55, 9-25, 8-60, other).

Hoping that all forum members have a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2017.

May the machine of your dreams, at a fair price, be waiting for you in the coming year!

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Well, I didn't score anything like some of the spectacular stuff already on this thread. Still, I was very pleased with what came my way.

About 15 years ago I was walking around the Union show saw a fellow had just taken possession of a five-inch Columbia Grand cylinder box. It hadn't sold at the show, but was a pre-arranged sale - which made me feel a little better that I hadn't missed it. What was so special about it? It was made of tin. We collectors are all a little different, and a tin five-inch cylinder box with labels probably doesn't get some of us excited. Well, it sure got my attention - and I've been hoping to find one ever since, with no luck. For a couple of years I've been aware that a buddy actually had one of these rare tin Grand Record boxes, and I occasionally joked with him about when was he going to break down and sell me that box... On my part, it was all a joke. Then last spring, he told me that he "could be persuaded." I told him to name his price, he did, and it may have taken me a half-second to agree. Like Gene's wonderful addition, a big part of this acquisition is what I consider to have been a genuine act of friendship on the part of an advanced collector. It warms my heart every time I look at it. Here's a shot of it next to a conventional Grand box to show the difference in size:
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And here's a shot with the lid off showing the red felt lining. (Oh - the beautiful cream-colored record came with it too.):
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At the Union show this year I stumbled into a number of really great records, among them this 1899 Vitaphone disc:
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I was also lucky enough at Union purchase a rare fiber horn for Zonophone or Berliner. I needed this to help complete an otherwise nice Zonophone Type C that had been sitting incomplete for 10 years. All that remained was a traveling arm, and that miraculously turned up earlier this month! :D
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I thought my record/box finds this years really couldn't go much further, but a lucky eBay discovery netted this Edison Concert Blank box, which was shipped all the way from India! This is the only Concert Blank box I've ever had a chance to obtain:
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While at the fall Wayne show I bought two machines. One was 4-clip Standard equipped with a Blackman Reproducer, the brackets for a Hawthorne & Sheble No.4 crane, and a dealer label from Patterson, N.J.. Here's a marginal photo:
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There are also a couple of photos in this earlier thread - before the machine was cleaned up:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... by#p164511

The other machine was an Edison Gem Model D, which was dirty but cleaned up remarkably well. These crappy photos don't do it justice, but they'll have to do until I generate enough energy to set up my photo equipment:
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I hope 2017 holds many pleasant surprises for all of us!

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George

I would like to be next in line for the tin 5" cylinder box :D

When your ready to sell of coarse.

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It's tough for me to pick a favorite find for the year. I acquired some nice machines from a wonderful area collector (Thank you George! :D ). I was also extremely excited to pick up my first Orthophonic, a VE 8-35X.

My favorite find would have to be the Edison C-19 I added to my collection earlier this month. It came equipped with LP gearing, and 3 reproducers, including the LP reproducer. To make the find even more exciting, the cabinet had 33 records inside, which included 2 52000 Series electric recordings, six 10" LP discs, and a copy of "Greetings from the Bunch at Orange". I am extremely grateful to Fran for tipping me off to this estate sale, which I was completely oblivious to!

Happy New Year!
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