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Okay, four more:

Colombia Tabletop Model No.115
(2-spring, plano reflex arm, metal two-piece exponential horn)

Colombia Tabletop Model No.116 ( Look at that beauty !!)
(2 springs, plano reflex arm, metal two-piece exponential horn)

Colombia Tabletop Model No.117
(2 springs, plano reflex arm, metal two-piece exponential horn)
(Several photos of the interior of this model, these photos also can be enlarged by clicking on them)

Colombia Tabletop Model No.118

I can at least answer one of your questions. These machines are not commonly found in Europe or America because they were never sold there. The few that we see were usually brought home by Europeans and Americans at the end of their service in the Far East, as was the case with my G-208.

You have discovered a wonderful resource here, and when you have posted it in full it will be well worth printing and keeping. Well done!

Roger.

It it payback time, to the parish that taught me everything I so far know about gramophones...

Here come another four Columbia models:

Columbia Portable Model No.118A

Colombia Tabletop Model No.119

Colombia Tabletop Model No.120A ( 2 springs)

Columbia Portable Model G-120

Yes, they were never sold in Europe/USA, but still quite scary to know how rarely they turn up in the West or on Ebay.com, Roger. I worry they have been manufactured each in small numbers, and that they are now more or less...lost.

Four more:

Colombia Tabletop Model No.121


Colombia Tabletop Model No.122


Columbia Floor Model No.125


Columbia floor Model No.126

And another four.
I did not even yet dare to mention that I also have found some HMV models that are new to me, and a lot of Victor models too. I can't find the Victors on the Victorvictrola website. Did Victor have a factory in Asia too, and if so, what do we know about these models?


Colombia Tabletop Model G-150
(Two springs, metal horn)


Columbia Floor Model No.151


Colombian Tabletop Model G-152


Colombia Tabletop Model G-153

It feels like Christmas Eve,,,another two:


Columbia Floor Model No.153a



Columbia Portable Model No.164 ( Vow!)

Far from finished yet, another four, goosebumps....:


Columbia Portable Model No.200
(Several clickable new photos uploaded)


Columbia Portable Model No.201


Columbia Portable Model No.202
(Several new photos added)


Columbia Portable Model No.203


Last update: April 27th, 2020

Chronologically...moving on with another four. I remember I once asked on the forum why Columbia UK were skipping numbers on their portables, and no one at that time could answer why, of course. We now know why....


Columbia Portable Model No.204


Columbia Portable Model No.205


Columbia Portable Model No.206


Columbia Portable Model No.207

You now understand why I feel these portables were possibly made for a more populated planet than ours...
Here comes another four :

Columbia Portable Model G-207


Columbia Portable Model G-208 ( This one we know, Roger:) Two different colors on photos attached)


Columbia Portable Model G-209
(Two different colors on photos uploaded)


Columbia Portable Type No.210 ( I have no chance to check if this is listed correctly, or if it should be G-210)

It is getting almost overwhelming, but this is what we love, so I move on.
And we possibly now start to understand that the majority of known Columbia portable models, were never manufactured in UK/USA.

Another four:

Columbia Portable Model No.211


Columbia Portable Model No 212


Columbia Portable Model No.213
(Several clickable photos uploaded, also of the motor)


Columbia Portable Model No.214