Blue Chinoiserie HMV on UK eBay.

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Blue Chinoiserie HMV on UK eBay.

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This HMV Model 12, or it's successor the Model 175, was probably decorated to the order of a prestigious dealer.

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Superb! I love it! Excellent example of a machine decorated shortly after it left the factory. I love the blue background and the decoration.

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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder as they say. I guess Jerry's eyes are different than mine. :shock:
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I love it too... very unusual. I like the black versions, also, but this blue is striking...
That ugly Buddha and bowl certainly detract from the presentation, along with the curtain...
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That's gorgeous!
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder as they say. I guess Jerry's eyes are different than mine. :shock:
I can live with that. :D Today's collectors have a wonderful variety because original buyers bought what they liked. A few years ago, here on the Forum, someone made the comment that they wouldn't pay $500 for a decorated talking machine. I tried to call his bluff and said I'd buy every one I could find for $500 and travel around the country to retrieve them. Someone actually sold me one for $500 and I took delivery at Union that year. Anyone this year??? How about a Vernis Martin machine?

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£1,200 ! doubt if it will sell for that sort of money though particularly on North Lincolnshire :cry:
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If it was in the states, it would be gone already...
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Curt A wrote:If it was in the states, it would be gone already...
I would be all over it! Its cute as a button.
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