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I think that a rare item , and very desirable such as the XX in a Fair market it would sell at the asking price ,
But in this distressed market it will limit the amount of people that can afford it .
I would had probably pay 10K a couple of years ago , but today I would only buy at a bargain price.


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gramophoneshane wrote:

mrvictormuseum wrote:the restoration of this one at a total cost of $12,466.

How is that even possible?

Easy when in includes $9300.00 to buy the empty cabinet!

Skihawx wrote:

gramophoneshane wrote:

mrvictormuseum wrote:the restoration of this one at a total cost of $12,466.

How is that even possible?

Easy when in includes $9300.00 to buy the empty cabinet!

Yes, I've already had a PM explaining the $12,500 included the purchase price, and wasn't the cost of restoration alone, though I'm not sure why anyone would pay $9300 for an empty cabinet that was apparently a wreck, when a good complete machine is worth around $10,000.

I paid $9,300 for the XX cabinet and restored it because there were only a dozen XX's known when I bought it in 2000. My purpose was to take a highly scarce phonograph and get it back to its previously beautiful state. I have done so with about six Amberola 1A's over the past 25 years also and a few other uprights that were otherwise wrecks.

mrvictormuseum wrote:I paid $9,300 for the XX cabinet and restored it because there were only a dozen XX's known when I bought it in 2000. My purpose was to take a highly scarce phonograph and get it back to its previously beautiful state. I have done so with about six Amberola 1A's over the past 25 years also and a few other uprights that were otherwise wrecks.

I applaud your efforts, and I hope you keep right on restoring machines that are wrecks. I've put way more money into my Credenza and my vv230 than they'll ever be worth, but both of them looked like they had been dragged behind a train when I bought them, and now they look, well, at least like they've aged gracefully, and I'm glad I did it.

mrvictormuseum wrote:I paid $9,300 for the XX cabinet and restored it because there were only a dozen XX's known when I bought it in 2000. My purpose was to take a highly scarce phonograph and get it back to its previously beautiful state. I have done so with about six Amberola 1A's over the past 25 years also and a few other uprights that were otherwise wrecks.

I seem to remember an Auxetophone you brought back to life too! I've visited the "museum" several times and always amazed at the quality of machines. The restorations are definitely museum quality.

MTPhono wrote:I've visited the "museum" several times and always amazed at the quality of machines. The restorations are definitely museum quality.

This sounds very interesting! Does the "museum" have a website?

Starkton wrote:

MTPhono wrote:I've visited the "museum" several times and always amazed at the quality of machines. The restorations are definitely museum quality.

This sounds very interesting! Does the "museum" have a website?

Complete with an army of Venis Martins.

http://www.mrvictor.com/

Thank you for forwarding the address. The museum images display an impressing array of desirable machines. However, the photos could be a little larger to study the details.

bbphonoguy wrote:

mrvictormuseum wrote:I paid $9,300 for the XX cabinet and restored it because there were only a dozen XX's known when I bought it in 2000. My purpose was to take a highly scarce phonograph and get it back to its previously beautiful state. I have done so with about six Amberola 1A's over the past 25 years also and a few other uprights that were otherwise wrecks.

I applaud your efforts, and I hope you keep right on restoring machines that are wrecks. I've put way more money into my Credenza and my vv230 than they'll ever be worth, but both of them looked like they had been dragged behind a train when I bought them, and now they look, well, at least like they've aged gracefully, and I'm glad I did it.

I too applaud your efforts, both of you, and the many others of you out there who spend more than a machine is worth to bring it back to life. Unfortunately it's often the case that the person paying for such a restoration does not reap much if any financial benefit. It's even pretty difficult to make something as simple as a reproduceer rebuild pay off if you are strictly looking to make a profit, especially if it's a diamond disc requiring a new stylus or something of that nature. Still, many of us do it...