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While the market has softened considerably courtesy of the recession since it was written, "Look for the Dog" puts the value in the $1,000 to $1,700 range. It is the rarity that is important in this case.

Clay

FloridaClay wrote:While the market has softened considerably courtesy of the recession since it was written, "Look for the Dog" puts the value in the $1,000 to $1,700 range. It is the rarity that is important in this case.

Clay

Thank you for looking that up, I guess it was a good deal.
The only book I have is The Compleat Talking Machine and it isn't listed.
I'd really struggle with selling this one though.

Because of the rarity I would be very reluctant to refinish this machine. I don't think it looks that bad. The outside should clean and polish up satisfactory. Even with the repair inside the lid I would think long before deciding to try and fix just this area or leave it as history of the machine.
JMO
Andreas

alang wrote:Because of the rarity I would be very reluctant to refinish this machine. I don't think it looks that bad. The outside should clean and polish up satisfactory. Even with the repair inside the lid I would think long before deciding to try and fix just this area or leave it as history of the machine.
JMO
Andreas

At this point I'm not planning on restoring the cabinet. Just rebuild the reproducer, cleaning up the mechanics and try to learn as much as I can about it. If I decide that it's something I'll pass on to my children then I'll probably refinish it so it can make it to it's 200th anniversary.

The only thing I would do is get rid of those terrible looking Robertson head screws. At the very least, they're the wrong size head. I wouldn't be surprised if when the lid is closed they bind against each other.