I was looking through ebay and saw this Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini attachment. Is this legit? The seller has only 19 feedback and is located in Spain. Right now, it is at $15.50 with 7 days to go. Ant opinions or input?
Harvey Kravitz
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172635246285?rmvSB=true
Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
I, too, was wondering about this, Harvey..........
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
Who ever this person is I found a video of the same machine posted by the same person on YouTube. Here is the link.
https://youtu.be/As4sbwFjdMs
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https://youtu.be/As4sbwFjdMs
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
The same videos were posted on his listing. That goes back to my original question. Is this legitimate or a scam?
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
It's original and will sell for over $1000 perhaps $6000
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
No one has addressed the problem of finding the reproducer...where would you find one? Without it, it is just a spring motor missing a carriage and reproducer....
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
Agreed. Also missing the drawer. A nice find, but I'm not seeing a particularly high value here.cleveland1996 wrote:No one has addressed the problem of finding the reproducer...where would you find one? Without it, it is just a spring motor missing a carriage and reproducer....
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If anyone wants to make a drawer here are the measurements from a drawer I have.
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
Technical observance, looks like a pretty early machine too, with the genuine Class M top. The motor seems to be a pretty early Capps design, with all brass gears, and ball governor weights, whilst later manufacture motors, many of those gears are steel.
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Re: Edison Spring Motor W/Bettini Attachment
If you look at the bidding history, you'll notice some retractions. I hope this is legitimate and not a scam.
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