E. Amet Cylinder Phonograph - Chicago, IL

[Zwebie]

Here's a Rare Bird!

E. Amet Cylinder Phonograph - Chicago, IL


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-E-Amet- ... 2a1b514c9b

[Lucius1958]

"Starting bid $0.99"???

Is this for real? Anybody know the seller?

Just seems "too good to be true"......

[HisMastersVoice]

It's at $1136 now. I don't see any reason to believe it's not real. It's an established eBay seller with 100% positive feedback, and many people start high dollar items out low to encourage bidding when they know it will sell for more.

[OrthoSean]

Right, also, this seller seems to think it's just an Edison machine, I bet he's already surprised at the current price. I bet he'll be even happier when the auction closes! The last Amet I can recall on eBay went over 5k if I recall correctly (this was a few years ago).

Sean

[WDC]

Very interesting! I wonder if this machine ever had a banner?

[phonogfp]

I've never seen an Amet machine with a banner.

George P.

[Jerry B.]

I could put a banner on it.

[phonogfp]

I could put a banner on it.

George P.

[VintageTechnologies]

It's at $1136 now. I don't see any reason to believe it's not real. It's an established eBay seller with 100% positive feedback, and many people start high dollar items out low to encourage bidding when they know it will sell for more.

I emailed the seller yesterday and he replied this morning how pleased he was when the price had risen to $1,000. He bought the machine without any clue to what he really had. Talk about dumb luck! It is up to $7,000 now - he must be delerious.

[HisMastersVoice]

Now $8000!