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And, the crazy thing is that there may very possibly also have been more portable models, we can see missing chronological numbers here. The models shown here are after all only models sold through this auction house after 2013...

Another four:

Columbia Portable Model No.220


Columbia Portable Model No.221


Columbia Portable Model No.222


Columbia Portable Model No.230

Still more portables, another four,,I really like the first two listed here:

Columbia Portable Type G-241 ( 2 springs)
(Several enlargable photos uploaded, also of the motor, spring and case)


Columbia Portable Type G-241A ( 2 springs)


Columbia Portable Type G-250


Columbia Portable Type G-260

Slowly approaching the end of the listed portables, with these 4 gramophones (it may include some electric gramophones when we approach the end of the list here):


Columbia Portable Model G-270


Columbia Portable Model G-271


Columbia Portable Model No.280A


Columbia SP Record Player RP-291

Another four gramophones (some electric, but I include them since they may also not be known. And look
at the Model 320, what drives it, solar cells ? ( I guess it must be good old fashioned batteries there?)

Columbia SP Record Player RP-301


Colombian tabletop type G-303


Colombian Tabletop Storage No.310


Columbia Portable Energy Storage No. 320

No less than 9 different tabletops models:

Colombia Tabletop Storage Model No.330


Colombia Tabletop Model No.420
(Wooden horn, Colombian tabletop minimum size)


Colombia Tabletop Model No.421


Colombia Tabletop Model No.450
(Wooden horn)


Colombia Tabletop Model No.451
(Wooden horn)


Colombia Tabletop Model No.452
(Wooden horn)


Colombia Tabletop Model No.453
(Wooden horn)


Colombia Tabletop Model No.460
(Two-piece mainspring, the top model of a wooden horn with a Showa type design)


Colombia tabletop Model No.470

Soon finished, this is the second last post:


Columbia Portable Model P-501


Columbia Portable Model M-554 ( seems like a wrong listing, but leave it for the time being)
(Made in the UK)


Columbia Floor Model 600



Columbia Floor Model 710 ( Vow, looks stunning!!)

This completes the Columbia listing, and now it is time for a break for myself, while you can (try) to digest some of the uploaded content:


Columbia Floor Model 711



Columbia Floor Model 1217M1YG



Colombian Floor Mode Electricity Storage RG-83



Colombia Tabletop Storage RG-512

Wow! Us portable Columbia collectors have been trying to get this information for years, so sincere thanks for the trouble you have gone to. I have five of the portables shown, but although identical in appearance, they have different model numbers!

Barry

Barry, I was very happy to research and find this information. I actually love doing exactly this, hunt high and low for hard to find information, and for a long time now, I really was focusing on this task, and it finally succeeded.
Still, as we can see, there are some Model numbers missing in the listing. I have tried to upload the content in a chronological order, according to the model numbers, but as we can see..there are still empty spaces, so it is as I see it, very likely that the production was even wider, something that is also proven by the fact that you own models that still are not shown in this long list of portables. It takes some time to digest all of this, and many of the portables are very similar in appearance, and we may never really know what separates them, but at least we can now look at them on photos. It was a huge task downloading the photos uploaded here, the photos were not viewable on the website, so I had to right click and open all the model names in new tabs, and also download the photos from these new links.

Reluctant as I am, may I respectfully point out these corrections? The Columbia 100 is a purely British machine, and the 160 and 163 are American.

Barry