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Hey! Good night all!!
Would you please be kind enough to look at this machine and tell me your opinion on whether it may be genuine?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144084487824
I don't see things like the stamp, plus the metal plate it has seems different to others I've seen. Nonetheless, I'm no expert to determine whether it could be a variant or a fake.
THanks for the help,
Jose
Berliner 1894 Gramophone
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datamath
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
Look here ...
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
I hope you weren't the buyer, but if so, open a dispute with eBay/PayPal...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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datamath
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
Hey guys!!
Thank you very much for your responses.
Bad thing is that I'm the buyer
Didn't do my research on time.
Good thing is that your quick replies allowed me to act fast and a dispute is now open!
Many thanks for your help!
Jose
Thank you very much for your responses.
Bad thing is that I'm the buyer
Didn't do my research on time.Good thing is that your quick replies allowed me to act fast and a dispute is now open!
Many thanks for your help!
Jose
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
Don't buy anything like this on eBay. Ever.
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
The seller was told by many people that this was a fake and did nothing to adapt the description. Kind of fraudulent! on the other hand the person may have thought he had the hottest phonograph of the century and people were saying it was fake just to keep the price low!!
However its very easy to do proper due diligence!
I've now got to sell some Roman coins. they are very old, most are dated on the coin with 83 BC.....
However its very easy to do proper due diligence!
I've now got to sell some Roman coins. they are very old, most are dated on the coin with 83 BC.....
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datamath
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
Guys, many thanks for your help! I got my money back!!! 
I appreciate your support!
Jose
I appreciate your support!
Jose
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
That's good news.datamath wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:56 pm Guys, many thanks for your help! I got my money back!!!
I appreciate your support!
Jose
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
83 BC, huh? I guess someone had a crystal ball or some really good foresight to stamp that date...Sidewinder wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:48 pm I've now got to sell some Roman coins. they are very old, most are dated on the coin with 83 BC.....
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Curt A
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Re: Berliner 1894 Gramophone
Congratulations on your good fortune... Glad you asked here before it was too late.datamath wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:56 pm Guys, many thanks for your help! I got my money back!!!
I appreciate your support!
Jose
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife