Show us your best machine find of 2024.

[epigramophone]

Thank you everyone. Some fine machines which would enhance any collection. Now, about my second best find of 2024 :

The HMV Model 193 came between the smaller Model 163 and the larger Model 202 in the HMV Re-Entrant range.
I found this one while browsing a well known (in the UK) classified ad website, located about 25 miles from my home. In long term family ownership and in untouched original condition, it needed little more than a gentle clean and routine lubrication.

[JerryVan]

I would love to find one of those HMV re-entrants in the USA. The cabinet styles and finishes alone make them wonderful.

[Couch Potato]

I found a relatively nice and original Victor R at a Flea Market in Fort Worth, Texas

[LimeTree99]

I found this 1916 VV-XVIII at an online auction back in October. Definitely one of my favorite machines.

[Chilesave]

Not a machine but important find for me. Looking for these forever and finally found in 2024. Now if I can find a Sonora Supreme I can stop!

[mrrgstuff]

For me, it was probably this HMV 157 I picked up in November:

As usual I have done a YouTube video. This machine just about plays a 10", but does sound great!
https://youtu.be/AQFInW65Qdw

A close second would be this Selecta-phone, purely on looks. This struggles to play a whole record, even with help, however I rarely come across external horn machines at any price:

https://youtu.be/e09Vn0Q3jdA

I've already managed to buy another machine in 2025, which certainly wasn't the plan!

[Starkton]

Finally, after almost 25 years, I got a crank for my Columbia Type N in a swap. (It is in better condition than this one.)

[Dischoard]

I was very fortunate in 2024. I never thought I would have these two in the collection.

Holy cow!

I would move machines out of my house to make room for those, nicely done!

[Dischoard]

I found a relatively nice and original Victor R at a Flea Market in Fort Worth, TexasVictor R.jpeg

Wow, you can still find these at flea markets in Texas? So cool!

[Dischoard]

This will seem droll to most, but 2024 had me stumble upon my very first open horn machine, the Vic III with a matching cabinet (not shown as our Christmas tree is currently in the spot where the cabinet usually goes).

It was quite a mess when I got it but gets played almost daily now. I feel like now I can relax and if one happens to cross my path again, so be it, but it is no longer a megalomaniacal distraction in my brain