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Garret wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:55 am

Watanabehi wrote: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:34 am

Skihawx wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:11 pm If it were on this side of the pond I'd be interested. I am sorry I didn't bid higher on the 194 that was auctioned over here recently. It looks to me that the cabinet is in better shape than the tone arm. Maybe someone switched it recently.

Wasn't it sold for $800.00 in California, US? The buy was very very lucky.

It was an absolute fire sale, as the machine turned out to be in pretty much perfect original condition. I pushed the buyer hard to get it, and he hasn't regretted it.

That's equivalent to about £600 in the UK and yet this British machine is even rarer over there! That's simply incredible. The reverse certainly doesn't happen here but even less than enthusiastic UK collectors (of which there seem to be quite a few!) would concede that was a bargain basement machine. The smallest and very common 163 model still attracts bids between £350 and £600 and it's not half the machine the 194 is.

Sorry it was a 194. Absolute steal. Here's the link: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/12 ... r-victrola