Craigslist-VICTOR II at Thursday Estate Sale in Seattle

[CDBPDX]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/gms/4362042882.html

I can't be there...darnit.

[phonogfp]

That's a Victor II.

George P.

[CDBPDX]

That's a Victor II.

George P.

Oops! Thanks! Cliff

[miker2001]

I saw the ad on Craigslist, too. They wanted $1,800 for the coffee mill, so my guess is that their prices were on the high side.

[Phonofreak]

Anybody know what the Victor II sold for?
Harvey Kravitz

[miker2001]

3200 or best offer.

[Phonofreak]

Holy cow!! Did it sell?
Harvey Kravitz

3200 or best offer.

[miker2001]

I sent two emails, which they never replied to. I finally called. I asked the price and they said it was still available this morning. I did not bother to go up there. 50% off today according to the Craigslist ad.

[phonojim]

Not sure, but seems like it should be somewhere in the $1200 range perhaps?

Jim

[miker2001]

The rest of the story....

I am a very new collector, having started this craziness November 15th of last year. Because this machine was local, in Seattle, I decided at the last minute, that I would go to the estate sale near closing on Saturday to see if they would come down on the price. They had priced it at $3,200 and everything was 50% off on Saturday, the last day of the sale.

It was closing at 4:00 p.m. and traffic was a bear. It was raining heavily, a soccer game had just let out, and I barely made it by 3:45 p.m. It was still there. After some negotiation, I ended up buying it for $700 plus sales tax. A service was running the sale, but the family whose things were being sold were there. They regretted seeing it go (one daughter wanted to keep it), but I assured them it was going to a good home.

This list was helpful along with Jerry, from Albany. I am so new, I have little idea of value. The platter has a little wobble, and I cannot quite figure out how to lubricate it, but it works and plays records and it has a new home. The family said they had owned it for perhaps 40 or more years. The daughters remember it since they were children.