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I will attend on Saturday. I'm looking for a horn for a Columbia BE. I'm looking forward to making the acquaintance of those in attendance and would be glad to hear from anyone that might have a lead on a horn for this machine?

Bill

Anybody interested in taking, and, bringing me back home on Saturday? I'd help on gas......
Bill Cahill

Bill, I would have picked you up but I have made plans to visit with a friend in Frostproof on my way back and won't be returning until Sunday night.

Bill

Were either of you able to get any good pictures to share? Send some warm weather this way as well!

John

Any stories about what you bought there?

My budget required that I be good this year, so only came back with a little Columbia Q and 10 nice clean Diamond Discs. I saw what I thought were a couple of bargains if the budget were in better shape and I had room to put them.

Maybe somebody should get some Forum T or sweat shirts run up so we could recognize one another at these events.

Clay

Had problems with my phone/camera so no pix....sorry....but can report about some sales that I'm familiar with:

Rigid arm M with a nice horn and original elbow....$2500
Vic 4 w/wood horn..cabinet very nice..horn not too good...priced right at...&1600
Early Vic M with the short case and corner posts and concert reproducer...nice horn...nice machine...$2300
Project Vic 1 (actually not too bad)....$575
Col Q...very nice nickel with case....$250
Basket case L door....$300
Little wonder record album....$75

All above items now reside in NC

Some deals there when we left:
Rigid arm M nice horn and original elbow with some kind of metal support added below...but very nice..$2800
Mahog Opera...really nice...in fact, still dreaming about that one....$5000
Mahod cabinet for above (not a name brand) but presentable none the less...$500
Oak (same as above)....$500
2 oak Herzog cylinder barrels (both missing some shelves).....$475 and $775
Vic 3 with speartip....early refin (I think)...priced right at $2200

Some good deals were available....
Bob

While I did not take the time to examine it closely as to condition, there was a VV-XVII that didn't look bad at first glance for under $500.

Clay

fonograph wrote:There will be 5 of us from Charlotte NC down there.....broke, but present nonetheless..

Hey Fonograph

Glad you're going to make it to Orlando--I'm jealous.

I'm down in the Raleigh area, and have been looking for a key escutcheon for an Edison C-200.

Here's a picture of it.

If you happen to run across one at a reasonable price, I'll gladly pay you for your trouble.

Thanks and have a great time!


John

I took some good pics, but lighting at the show this year was quite dim. Will post pictures from this years 2013 show as soon as I upload them to photobucket. Will also post last year's show (2012), and (2011) show as well soon. Saw a couple of the "heavies" there such as Tim Fabrizio, and Jean Paul Asgard?...and others.. For Orlando, It was a good show. I did notice lots of prices have dropped on stuff $200-$300 dollars from last years...reflecting the crappy economy that we are in....Ironically, The Dow hit/broke 14,000 today, but that means nothing as the market is way,way over inflated (and has been for the past few years IMHO) and should be more like 9000 in reality.. It just means that investors have learned to make money in a horrible economy..that's all...


I picked up no machines this year (a first for me), but I picked up some smalls and a really nice Vintage Cylinder cabinet (no peg type) for $380.00 The seller wanted $450.00, but I told him that $380.00 was all I had with me (and that was true..lol)...and he took it for the cabinet..Will post pics of that too soon.. Almost bought an early Columbia Q from a gentleman for $350.00, but the Cabinet won out in the end...Stupid me, I forgot to get the contact info/business card from the guy who was selling the early Columbia Q.. I would love to have that machine now.. Oh well.. Maybe I'll get lucky, and he'll respond here.. if he still has it...

Tony K.

NEFaurora wrote:I took some good pics, but lighting at the show this year was quite dim. Will post pictures from this years 2013 show as soon as I upload them to photobucket. Will also post last year's show (2012), and (2011) show as well soon. Saw a couple of the "heavies" there such as Tim Fabrizio, and Jean Paul Asgard?...and others..

Well, Jean Paul Agnard is Canadian and therefore qualifies as an alien, but Asgard is probably too far fetched
Sorry, geek humor, could not resist
Andreas