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No relationship to the seller, but who can pass up phono-porn?

HMV 101 in brown crocodile

Ow baby! ....

Just sold, so I saw...(repeat ten times fast)

I have the exact same machine, in the same immaculate condition, but I paid less than half of what this machine sold for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53EEP7h9 ... ature=plcp

Once upon a time I paid much less for my red and blue 102s than the prices they are fetching on eBay these days, 'tis true.

I sold most of my HMV portables on eBay when they started making silly money, but the occasional bargain still turns up.

Last month I bought a blue 102 on eBay for GBP£70, complete with it's detachable record carrier. The seller said that he "could not get it to play a record", which probably accounts for the low price, but when it arrived I could find nothing wrong with it.