A couple more Edison Hot Rods

[Django]

More Edison Hot Rod machines. Love or hate them, it is a shame that someone like this didn’t work for Edison back in the day. Not correct, but very attractive. I wouldn’t want them to get ahold of a rare machine, but if these were rust buckets, no harm done.

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[Jerry B.]

it is a shame that someone like this didn’t work for Edison back in the day

You could get any Edison from the modest Gem to the most expensive machine with special decoration from the Edison factory. That's precisely why machines like these will create confusion both now and in the future. We had a really nice Model B Gem that sold on the Trader sections a week or ten days ago. It sold for a reasonable price somewhere around $485. What do you think the price would be for the same machine in collector quality condition with factory decoration? I bet it would sell for $1500 to $2500. I'd be interested in the opinion of others. That's why a fantasy machine is dangerous.

Jerry Blais

[Jerry B.]

This suitcase Home was "modeled" after a machine given to his daughter as a wedding gift. The early long green Home was also "modeled" after another wedding gift to his daughter. Either the marriage failed after a couple of years and the husband got the machine in the settlement or there were two daughters.

Jerry B.

[tomb]

Maybe the daughter was ahead of her time and was a collector. Tom

[Jerry B.]

Maybe the daughter was ahead of her time and was a collector. Tom

Let's hope so!

Jerry

[Curt A]

These are Don Gfell fantasy creations. He had a automotive or motor cycle pinstriper hand stripe these bedplates...

[Mormon S]

Eisregarding the fact that they are fantasy pieces, I think they are seriously beautiful, seems like a lot of skill and love has gone into them. The standard almost seems to be modeled after an Excelsior.

Martin

[Curt A]

They are beautiful and very well done, which is the problem... Sometime in the future with some age and patina on them, they might fool someone and sell for more than they are actually worth. I know the story, since I saw them for sale in Orlando 5 or 6 years ago and admired them then. Even though they were being sold with the striping story, the buyer at that time knew what had been done, but when they get passed on for sale at a later date the story somehow gets lost or forgotten. That doesn't mean the current seller is trying to inflate their prices intentionally, the machines may have been inherited at the death of a collector and research might reveal that the Edison factory did custom paint jobs for special events or special buyers, leading them to believe that they are "rare" and more valuable that the normal machines... and Don Gfell was not trying to fool anyone at that time.

An Excelsior has beautiful striping on some of their models, but they don't compare to specially painted Edison machines in value...

[Curt A]

Here is the problem: an Edison Standard Model B 2 minute machine is not worth anywhere near $2700, even with that nice cygnet horn, also probably made by Don...