Vic 3 with Wood horn sold for $1575.00 Ebay

[fmblizz]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Victor-Talk ... 230f789e6f

Seems like a pretty nice machine for the money.

2 years ago it would have cost another grand....

Bargains are out there.

fmblizz

[Phonofreak]

I, too, was surprised to see this machine go so cheap. It all depends on the listing and who is bidding on the item.
Harvey Kravitz

[Larry Hawes]

As a buyer this was a deal.
As a seller, why not spend a few minutes and some elbow grease and clean up the machine and horn, talk to a few collectors and maybe obtain the reproducer, a bit of polish on metal parts and you get a "market" price.
Just my opinion but if presented properly this machine would have achieved the extra $1K or close to it.
Lesson learned.....Buyers stick it out and look at everything that comes up you never know what you might find. LH

[USlakeside]

I doubt it would make much of a difference to clean the machine up. I sold a near mint Victor 5 on eBay and it Didnt pass $2200 and a near mint Victor 4 for $2300.... both with speartip horns. I think the market has been adjusting for a while. I wonder if the prices will climb back up?

[Jerry B.]

I think it always pay to present an object as clean and nice as possible. In any market there is a range of prices. I will be selling my pickup in the near future. You can bet that it will be cleaned and polished and the inside will be spotless. I want the prospective buyer to believe that he'll never find a nicer 2000 Chevy. Anyone need a phono hauler? Jerry Blais

[phonojim]

I agree that a better presentation could have helped. The machine is just plain DIRTY, meaning the buyer will have to spend a lot of time cleaning it, which is something that he figures into his bid. At least dust it and provide clear, bright pictures.

Jim