Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:01 pm
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Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:10 am
I was waiting for it to say "trick or treat" I wonder how they ever fitted it into a box of Cracker-Jack? Would be something to discuss with the fam this holiday season while having a cuppa......
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:40 pm
this is actualy no crapophone of bad taste yes but.. very real 1920srecordo wrote:I can't work out whether I like this, or it's hideous.
It will be auctioned on Friday in Sydney at Lawson's (auctioneers) sale of the Robert Holmes à Court Collection.
Regards, Glenn
Link to the catalogue: http://auctions.lawsons.com.au/asp/sear ... no=7776+++
its a bois noirc with fake soapstone deco oh well those crazy french!
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greetings
tino
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:58 pm
extrafon hmmm weird i have 2 in my foto archive taken from an auction site under the brand name bois noirc a company aparently in france oh well it could be the same company since his masters voice is called victor in the ussaxymojo wrote:recordo wrote:I can't work out whether I like this, or it's hideous.
It will be auctioned on Friday in Sydney at Lawson's (auctioneers) sale of the Robert Holmes à Court Collection.
Regards, Glenn
Link to the catalogue: http://auctions.lawsons.com.au/asp/sear ... no=7776+++
Hi,
Glad this thread was brought back, the machine above is an Extrafon, made in Spain. You will find it on the front cover of the Talking Machine, 2nd edition. My partner bought this machine at the Lawson's auction, we came home with 16 machines that day, including a nice Bettini attachment on an early Edison SM.
I saw this other crapophone on ebay tonight, (posted by recordo) Damn, what will they come up with next, it would have to be the worst ever made.
Regards Marcel
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:20 am
Change your car's oil AND play a record, though apparently not at the same time 
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell ... Z497727918
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell ... Z497727918
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:49 pm
It is so.....French!mrphonograph wrote:recordo wrote:I can't work out whether I like this, or it's hideous.
they even had more than one hidious model
greetings
tino
I rather like it, although I can't explain why.Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:06 am
the machine also reminds me a bit of the french aerophone of wich ive seen many adds ive only seen an actual aerophone phonograph once and in a very bad state of presservationVintageTechnologies wrote:It is so.....French!mrphonograph wrote:recordo wrote:I can't work out whether I like this, or it's hideous.
they even had more than one hidious model
greetings
tino
greetings tino
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:38 am
Time to bring this thread back to life...
Just saw this on eBay Australia.
Just saw this on eBay Australia.
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:14 pm
This was taken from another thread but DEFINITELY deserves to be here in the ‘Ugliest Crap-o-Phone ever!’ thread as well:
Currently on eBay for $300!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gramoph ... _305wt_880
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gramoph ... _305wt_880
Re: Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:15 pm
recordo,
I don't know, that one from Australia is a long way from the UGLIEST crapophone. The reproducer is anachronistic, but overall I think it's rather handsome. The fact that it does not have an angled crank really adds a bit of class.
I don't know, that one from Australia is a long way from the UGLIEST crapophone. The reproducer is anachronistic, but overall I think it's rather handsome. The fact that it does not have an angled crank really adds a bit of class.