Some photos from Union

Discussions on Talking Machines & Accessories
User avatar
beaumonde
Victor III
Posts: 616
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:13 pm
Location: On Chicago's South Side

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by beaumonde »

Aaron wrote:as for a price on the triumph, I would think 20 to 30k for it. 30 to 40k are what M class and electric concerts under glass normally go for.

Aaron
I don't think this asking price was for the Triumph per se, but the one-of-a-kind Douglas cabinet-combo. I suspect it didn't sell.
Adam

Lenoirstreetguy
Victor IV
Posts: 1183
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:43 pm
Location: Toronto, Ontario

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by Lenoirstreetguy »

richardh wrote:Great photos of the show...it is nice to window shop a look at some of those top end machines. That inlaid Edison..lovely.

However, am I the only person in the world to think that those phono lamps are the most hideous chintzy creations known to exist?

RJ 8-)
Those phono lamps do indeed have a certain bordello flair all their own. Should come supplied with a recording of My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll by Trixie Smith ;)

Jim

User avatar
phonogfp
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 8043
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
Personal Text: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." - A. Lincoln
Location: New York's Finger Lakes

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by phonogfp »

JohnM wrote:The treadle machine is a Bell & Tainter shaver.

John M
Before anyone gets TOO excited, the treadle machine is a Columbia shaver, and these were sold until around 1906-07. It doesn't shave Bell & Tainter cylinders (which are not shaveable), but it does use the old surplus stands which American Graphophone originally manufactured for Bell & Tainter Graphophones.

George P

JohnM
Victor VI
Posts: 3144
Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:47 am
Location: Jerome, Arizona
Contact:

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by JohnM »

Oops! My bad! When I was in the truck, the top of the shaver was covered and I only saw the base. The seller told me it was a shaver so I assumed and we know how that is spelled! Thanks for correcting my error, George! BTW, who is that dealer?
Thanks!
John M
"All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds." Richard Brautigan

USlakeside
Victor III
Posts: 548
Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:54 am
Location: The BRONX / Yankee Stadium

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by USlakeside »

This pics are fantastic. Thank you! Why couldnt I go!!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Aaron
Victor II
Posts: 353
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:08 pm
Location: Somewhere looking for a 9ft Brass Horn

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by Aaron »

JohnM wrote:Oops! My bad! When I was in the truck, the top of the shaver was covered and I only saw the base. The seller told me it was a shaver so I assumed and we know how that is spelled! Thanks for correcting my error, George! BTW, who is that dealer?
Thanks!
John M

By the looks of the rare items in the truck i would guess the dealer was Bob..... Oh gawd now his last name escapes me..... But he only deals in the super and i mean super rare items... I always wonder way he finds it.... George, you know who he is.

Aaron

User avatar
phonogfp
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 8043
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
Personal Text: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." - A. Lincoln
Location: New York's Finger Lakes

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by phonogfp »

The shaver was offered by Bill Landon. He's had it for awhile - - I think it has been at the past 3 Union shows...

George P.

User avatar
WDC
Victor IV
Posts: 1017
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:07 am
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by WDC »

Thanks for the great pictures. The Triumph looks quite familiar to me, especially with this particular cabinet. Does anyone know if that's the machine from the Dave Heitz' collection?

User avatar
phonogfp
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 8043
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
Personal Text: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." - A. Lincoln
Location: New York's Finger Lakes

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by phonogfp »

WDC wrote:Thanks for the great pictures. The Triumph looks quite familiar to me, especially with this particular cabinet. Does anyone know if that's the machine from the Dave Heitz' collection?
It is indeed from the Heitz collection, and appears in our book, Phonographs with Flair. It's a knockout in person!

George P.

User avatar
phonogfp
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 8043
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm
Personal Text: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." - A. Lincoln
Location: New York's Finger Lakes

Re: Some photos from Union

Post by phonogfp »

JohnM wrote:Oops! My bad! When I was in the truck, the top of the shaver was covered and I only saw the base. The seller told me it was a shaver so I assumed and we know how that is spelled! Thanks for correcting my error, George! BTW, who is that dealer?
Thanks!
John M
Gosh, Bill Landon (the dealer) was calling it a "Bell & Tainter shaver" every other sentence, so anyone could be forgiven for having the phrase stuck in their head!

It was good to see you, John - -

George P.

Post Reply