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EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
Three photos for permanent record (please excuse the pun) after the sale.
Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire :
"A fine EMG Mark Xb Gramophone with 4-spring EMG tri-spoke nickel-plated soundbox for fibre needles, Garrard electric motor, 29.½-inch Davey papier-mâché horn, EMG ivorine plaque with Grape St. London address to motor board, in oak case with three-quarter lid and ebonised line detail".
Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire :
"A fine EMG Mark Xb Gramophone with 4-spring EMG tri-spoke nickel-plated soundbox for fibre needles, Garrard electric motor, 29.½-inch Davey papier-mâché horn, EMG ivorine plaque with Grape St. London address to motor board, in oak case with three-quarter lid and ebonised line detail".
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
Every time I see these I think to myself, " What a crazy invention". It seriously looks like it was drawn by a cartoonist 
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
Sold for a hammer price of £3,000 which, for the buyer, translates to about £4,000 depending upon the method of bidding.
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
I had to look up the USD exchange rate. $5,361.54 
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
Yes, it went for a cheap price considering what good EMG's go for, but if you look closely at every auction picture, the cabinet has some issues and the electric motor will deter a lot of "hard-core" gramophone collectors.
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
This is very astute indeed ! (Really).Steve wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:27 pmYes, it went for a cheap price considering what good EMG's go for, but if you look closely at every auction picture, the cabinet has some issues and the electric motor will deter a lot of "hard-core" gramophone collectors.
There were 3 or 4 reasons why I didn't bid for this and one of them was the fact that it has an electric motor.
So, I am a "hard core" gramophone collector ..... Yeah man !!!
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Re: EMG Mk Xb for auction on 27th September.
So pleased to hear you're hard core, man! Not that I ever doubted you for a second!poodling around wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 2:29 pmThis is very astute indeed ! (Really).Steve wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:27 pmYes, it went for a cheap price considering what good EMG's go for, but if you look closely at every auction picture, the cabinet has some issues and the electric motor will deter a lot of "hard-core" gramophone collectors.
There were 3 or 4 reasons why I didn't bid for this and one of them was the fact that it has an electric motor.
So, I am a "hard core" gramophone collector ..... Yeah man !!!
