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I hope you got the Wizard and the Peter Pan... if not, I wish you had bought them for me...

Very poor decision to do an auction with this sort of stuff on a Sunday evening. Period.

Alang,

Thank you for posting the results !

I'm curious about the Orthophonic 10-35, item B-4 - what kind of shape was it in ?


That Victor V with the "damaged oak speartip horn" for $1250 sounds fairly reasonable !


I would have liked to have gone, but it was just too much for one day... besides, I had a full truck with machines picked-up from folks who kindly brought them to Wayne...

I to made the drive to the Breinigsville auction. It was a beautiful drive across the state with the bright sun shining on the hills and valleys covered with hardwoods in their fall colors.
My opinion of the auction is there were a lot of low prices but I won't say a lot of good deals. There were a few very nice pristine machines which brought good prices and a hand full of rare machines that brought fair prices depending on the condition. But over all I thought most of the machines were in average or less condition with many having issues. There was plenty of money and knowledgeable collectors there that items would not have slipped by under valued. I felt as a whole with the amount of common machines and that the overall quality just wasn't there resulting in low prices on many items. None of the well known parts machine buyer were there which would have propped up the prices on the common stuff, then you would have seen them parted out on Ebay. It was a nice trip and I met a few collectors that don't make it to the Midwest, but very little buying for me. With Stanton's 3 day auction coming up in November there was no pressure for me to buy just to buy.
Best Regards, Larry

Just got a reply from John Pfeiffer the auctioneer at the auction and he said that every lot was sold and that nothing was left unsold as stated in the first post.

Rich Gordon

alang wrote:What was really shocking to me that Victrolas and other cabinet machines had a very difficult time attracting any bids at all. There were a few that were not even listed in the catalog that sold towards the end for very little money. A Credenza I think went for $350, another large orthophonic went for under $100. Record cabinets went for as little as $30 or even less. I did not follow all the record sales at the end, but boxes full with nice cylinders went for $25 etc. Maybe there was just too much stuff there?

I did not catch the price for the gold plated Columbia Q, maybe someone else can fill that in?

Thanks
Andreas

I had very little room left in the SUV after I bought a floor model at Wayne. I did pick up something that caught my eye at the auction that filled the last spot. I would have bid on more if I would have had the space. In my opinion, there were plenty of deals that were had.

I did not look closely at the 10-35, since I wasn't looking into buying any large upright machine. The outside looked decent, but that's all I can say. Here is a picture that shows the outside a bit, but it's from a cell phone camera, not very good at all. Hope it helps a bit.

Andreas

I'm also wondering how much of this sale we will see on Ebay in the near future.

PHONOMIKE wrote:I'm also wondering how much of this sale we will see on Ebay in the near future.

I already noticed an influx of cylinders offered on eBay today. But maybe that's just coincidence.

Andreas

How many WIZARDS have you seen...? I can't believe that this ultra rare machine sold for only $600... I am speechless, since you say many knowledgeable collectors were there.