Dad had 3 gorgeous floor models, an amberola B1, an oak amberola 75, and a diamond disk C 250.  The family would prefer to have portable models, so I'm looking for advice on how to sell.  I can try on yankee trader or ebay, but I'd have to figure out shipping or only sell local.  The auction place that has sold for dad before says they also have a moving company, so they could go for online auction that way.  Or, I can sell to dealers.
Does anyone have advice on selling/transporting floor models?  I will post some pics of each below.
			
			
									
									
						Looking for advice for selling floor models
- shopdoc
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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
Amberola B1
			
			
									
									
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Oak Amberola 75 
			
			
									
									
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Diamond Disk C250
			
			
									
									
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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
Three beautiful machines, all desirable and should be no problem to sell.  Some of the advertising looks interesting also.
			
			
									
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						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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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
Since you appear to be in NJ, the Wayne, NJ spring show might be a good place to sell them or list them on here...
			
			
									
									"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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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
We haven't even begun to tackle the advertising and the battery acid bottles and things we have yet to identify, lol. And, we just got to the back of the garage and found more horns, what appear to be cylinder cabinets in pieces, maybe a c-250 cabinet with no innards, and god knows what else.Curt A wrote: Sat Oct 18, 2025 3:23 pm Three beautiful machines, all desirable and should be no problem to sell. Some of the advertising looks interesting also.
The issue with the uprights is that they are too good for me to risk transporting to the show. I'm thinking about starting with either yankee trader or ebay, for local pickup only.
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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
Location is helpful.
			
			
									
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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
The phonographs are in Verona NJ
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Re: Looking for advice for selling floor models
I’m  in NJ  about an  ½ hour away  I’d be interested to see what your selling. 
Thanks
Dan
			
			
									
									
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