'Worst Phonograph Description On Craigslist' contest

[JohnM]

I'm not good at computer stuff, but I think if you post the photo as an image or as a link to an image, you can circumvent the photo file size restriction. MorDeth?

[gramophoneshane]

http://poconos.craigslist.org/atq/1731128920.html

Found in a chicken coop! (see photos)

"VICTOR VICTROLA TABLE TOP TALKIN MACHINE - $200 (HEAR IT PLAY IN STARRUCCA)


WOAH BABY! I take back my previous statement about Craigslist demanding small picture files!

Wow! Looks like their whole house is the chicken coop. Everythings covered in $#*! lol

[antique1973]

Found in a chicken coop! (see photos)

"VICTOR VICTROLA TABLE TOP TALKIN MACHINE - $200 (HEAR IT PLAY IN STARRUCCA)

THIS IS A REAL NICE VICTOR RECORD PLAYER

YOU SAVE THE MONEY, YOU CLEAN IT UP.


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I think they need a bigger discount on this one for the Chicken S**T cleaning fee!

[JohnM]

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/atq/1717662432.html

"1917 Victorla Phonograph - $600 (Virginia Beach)

You're looking at an antique Victrola "talking machine" that was built by hand, out of mahogany. The power is supplied by a hand-crank and the sound resonates through the "speaker box" in the upper cabinet. In the lower cabinet are shelves for storing records.

The piece is in excellent working condition. The sound is clear and surprisingly loud. There are dozens of nicks and scratches, but they only add to it's character and history. It even has the original price tag of $110!

This sale includes the hand-crank, dozens of needles and 50+ records! (It plays 77rpm records.)

The model number for this Victrola is: VV-XIA-424137

Serious inquires only! Pick-up only!"

[Nat]

I'm always amused at "hand crank", wondering what other kinds there are?

But those hand-made Victors that play 77 rpm - they're special!

[JohnM]

I love it when they're all over the place in their descriptions -- and then ask for "serious inquiries only"!

[JohnM]

WOW!!!!! . . . nope.

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/atq/1703734273.html

"Antique phonograph 1880s - $1000 (Weston/401)

Vintage carry style antique phonograph. From the late 1880s. Works.

1000.00 FIRM"

[gramophoneshane]

That one didn't last long. It's been deleted already!
Was it a portable?

[JohnM]

Yes, some sort of suitcase portable from the early '20's I think.

[JohnM]

When is research not research?

http://houston.craigslist.org/clt/1739452414.html

"Thomas Edison Ediphone - $300 (Liverpool, Tx (between Alvin & Angleton))

Dictaphone and Ediphone
The Dictaphone trademark was registered in 1907 by the Graphophone Company founded by Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter in 1888 that sold the first office dictation machines. Thomas Edison began to sell business dictation cylinder phonographs in 1905, and introduced the Ediphone in 1916. The Columbia Graphophone Company made Dictaphones until it sold the business to the new Dictaphone Corporation in 1923. Recordings were made on wax cylinders until 1947 when belts were introduced.

Mine has a steel case with a cupboard underneath to hold the wax rolls ( I have 6 )
Recent information on this unique industrial metal cabinet ! Originally invented in the 1920's by Thomas Edison (Ediphone Dictaphone), this cabinet formed the base for the Pro-technic Ediphone sold in the 1930's. The slots in the storage bin held the cylinders used to record dictation through a device that originally sat atop the cabinet. As found, the current top can be removed to reveal an open space below. The flared feet sit on the original casters, giving a whimsical air to the piece. With new meaning, this cabinet is truly certain to be a conversation piece."