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Watanabehi wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 8:10 pm

Watanabehi wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 9:33 pm HMV 163 Oak Gramophone is in California Facebook Marketplace. Wha do you think of it?

Now it is $675.00. Somebody should get this.

It probably won't sell until the price falls below $300.

Who knows? It would cost more to ship from England at that price!

Garret

Garret wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 1:46 am Who knows? It would cost more to ship from England at that price!

Garret

I completely understand your point, but unless an American collector is especially hungry for a 163, who's going to lay down the cash for a less than good example? Similar to the way most British collectors ignore the odd stray Victors that appear very infrequently on these shores, a lot of US collectors just aren't interested enough to consider an HMV machine that is no better than the best Orthophonic model Victrola's. Now if it was a 19 or 20 series machine, that would be very different.