My Recent Find - Another Columbia B With Pizazz!

[phonolady]

Jerry, that's a FANTASTIC FIND. Very unusual and really cool.

CONGRATULATIONS from David & Lerria in Dallas.

[ehs004]

Jerry ,
That is down right awesome , that is the kinda of machine i would love to own !!Please if you ever decide to sell it can i have first rights reserved? Where do you find all the cool stuff?
Nice find Jerry!!!!!
Eric with envy



Great "Eagle," Jerry! (And as we discussed on the phone a few days ago - I hope that "Right of First Refusal" has already been granted!)

Is there a serial number on the belt cover?

George P.[/quote]
George ,
Looks like it's going to come down to a arm wrestling match!
Eric

[gramophone-georg]

Jerry ,
That is down right awesome , that is the kinda of machine i would love to own !!Please if you ever decide to sell it can i have first rights reserved? Where do you find all the cool stuff?
Nice find Jerry!!!!!
Eric with envy



Great "Eagle," Jerry! (And as we discussed on the phone a few days ago - I hope that "Right of First Refusal" has already been granted!)

Is there a serial number on the belt cover?

George P.

George ,
Looks like it's going to come down to a arm wrestling match!
Eric[/quote]

Forget youse guys. It's MINE.

Oh, wait... I am getting out of cylinder machines again, so let the death match begin!

[Talkophone]

If it were mine Jerry I would have to repaint it!!

Larry

[Victrolacollector]

Very nice machine. The gears look like they are in very good shape.

[outune]

Wow- That is an incredible case! It's this kind of stuff that keeps even us old guys in "the hunt"... It's twin just might be in my neighbors attic.
Great find....acquisition....purchase.....karma.... I don't care what it's called. It's amazing!

Brad Abell

[phonogfp]

Thanks for the serial number, Jerry. That's a fairly early one, as I expected. Retailers weren't doing this sort of thing with Eagles for long.

Someone has added a mandrel tag to this example - but it did not have one originally.

Again - congratulations!

George P.

[ehs004]

George ,
How early are you talking ? my 1898 Columbia BS coin-op has the same type of spring barrel and a mandrel tag ? I think the tag has different information than the later tag ? It probably doesn't have patent info on belt cover i'll bet!
Eric

[jboger]

Yes, yes, nice machine. I never knew such things existed. Glad it was posted.

Now, I decided to wade into the troubled waters. About half the replies managed to insert the word "find" somewhere in the text, sometimes in capital letters, thus defending Jerry and Jerry's choice of words against Mr. Hawes's comment. And the other half of the replies are simply commenting on the machine and how nice it is (it is nice). Nonetheless poor Mr. Hawes is correct. I will defend the underdog because he hasn't responded. If an item is well understood and resides in someone's collection, it has already been found and its significance understood. This doesn't change when the item changes hands. A "find" is a new discovery, something that has been hidden away, say, in an attic or barn and the owner doesn't know its significance. It comes too light when a knowledgeable collector "finds" it.

OK, I get it. Jerry (no offense) "found" this beautiful machine in someone else's collection. I think I'll go off to the Louvre and "find" the Mona Lisa. Well, I guess I won't win any popularity contest here.

[fran604g]

Wonderful acquisition.

Cautiously,
Fran