O/T Back to the Days of grainy polaroid photos of Phonos?

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I wonder what type of potato that was shot with ;)
Joe_DS wrote:...and many of those photos accompany an add like this (faux) one:
VictorlaAd.jpg
I completely agree. All you need is a white bed sheet, a lamp to direct light upon the object to photograph and you are in business to take nice photos your potential customers will be satisfied with.

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Hers is a good photo of an item on Ebay now !

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Ah yes, I recognise that location.

Not much natural light available there. It's a cellar, but a great storage facility.
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Valecnik wrote:
Joe_DS wrote:...and many of those photos accompany an add like this (faux) one:
The attachment VictorlaAd.jpg is no longer available
"Victorla made by Edisen in excelent condition" This can't be real :lol:
Okay, to prove that truth is stranger than fiction, this ad IS for real:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/atq/4268145465.html
Edisen.JPG
Photo's pretty clear, at least....

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Brilliant! :lol:
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Another useful approach is to just use a photograph of a different phonograph. Here is one of my favorites -- I wonder what the actual machine looks like... Nice case. One doesn't see such fancy Silverstones these days.
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Joe_DS wrote: Okay, to prove that truth is stranger than fiction, this ad IS for real:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/atq/4268145465.html
Edisen.JPG
Photo's pretty clear, at least....

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I'd like to see what his "reproduction records" look like... as far as I know no one ever sold repro DD's. :lol:
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Re: O/T Back to the Days of grainy polaroid photos of Phonos

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Le0 wrote:
Joe_DS wrote: Okay, to prove that truth is stranger than fiction, this ad IS for real:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/atq/4268145465.html
Edisen.JPG
Photo's pretty clear, at least....

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I'd like to see what his "reproduction records" look like... as far as I know no one ever sold repro DD's. :lol:
Believe it or not there are reproduction diamond discs, at least one title, an early advertising record was offered for sale by Charlie Hummel. I doubt this gentleman is talking about one of those though. Hard to say what he's got.
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He's probably talking about paper label "recreation" DDs. You know, "reproduction", "recreation" what's the difference? :roll: At least that would be my guess. Sorry, that was uncalled for. :oops: This cold weather makes me cranky.
Valecnik wrote:
Le0 wrote:
Joe_DS wrote: Okay, to prove that truth is stranger than fiction, this ad IS for real:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/atq/4268145465.html
Edisen.JPG
Photo's pretty clear, at least....

Joe
I'd like to see what his "reproduction records" look like... as far as I know no one ever sold repro DD's. :lol:
Believe it or not there are reproduction diamond discs, at least one title, an early advertising record was offered for sale by Charlie Hummel. I doubt this gentleman is talking about one of those though. Hard to say what he's got.
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Valecnik wrote: Believe it or not there are reproduction diamond discs, at least one title, an early advertising record was offered for sale by Charlie Hummel. I doubt this gentleman is talking about one of those though. Hard to say what he's got.
Let Us Not Forget has also been reproduced. Someone had them, along with some repro Berliners, at Wayne a year or 2 ago. They looked like they had been made from some kind of mold, with slightly rough edges.
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