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Hello talkingmachiners:

I'm a relatively new collector and would like to ask your help to identify a machine. A couple of years ago I was offered a small portable phonograph which was round, in a nickel plated case, and approximately 8-9 inches in diameter. Since refusing to buy it, my interest in it has grown, and I would now like to find and purchase one. I do remember it had the name Mickey in it, but when I search all I find are Mickey Mouse phonographs. Any info you can provide, especially its name, will be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Pluto

Here you go...
http://www.google.com/search?q=mikiphon ... 20&bih=754

You are looking for a Mikkyphone, a small portable made in Switzerland in the 1920's. For a good complete one, they start at a few hundred dollars on up.
Harvey Kravitz

Yes, but probably getting closer to a couple of thousand Dollars for a complete one! That means with original needle tin, clean instruction label to lid, original packing / instruction booklet and leather carrying case with handle/strap!

There have been a few on US eBay and they all seem to fetch around $1500-1800

Steve wrote:That means with original needle tin, clean instruction label to lid, original packing / instruction booklet and leather carrying case with handle/strap!

How many of you have a "complete" phonograph, that means including the shipping crate with straw filling?

that means including the shipping crate with straw filling?

I have! Although I'm not certain if the STRAW is original to it or if it might have been replaced. How can I be sure about the straw?

Thanks guys. I really appreciate your replies very much. All I want is the machine itself, which I could have had at the time for about $225. Somehow I don't think I'll be lucky enough to find it for that price again. But then, I really don't want the original straw.

Phonofreak wrote:You are looking for a Mikkyphone, a small portable made in Switzerland in the 1920's. For a good complete one, they start at a few hundred dollars on up.
Harvey Kravitz

FWIW, Mikky Phone and Mikiphone are different machines.

Retrograde wrote:

Phonofreak wrote:You are looking for a Mikkyphone, a small portable made in Switzerland in the 1920's. For a good complete one, they start at a few hundred dollars on up.
Harvey Kravitz

FWIW, Mikky Phone and Mikiphone are different machines.

Thanks for the info. I knew there were two different machines. I got confused with the different spellings. The machine I was referring to was the 1920's one. About the other one with the square case, I know they were made in Japan. Was that before WWII or Post WWII in occupied Japan? I've heard they were made from the 1930's until the late 1940s.
Harvey Kravitz

Mikky Phones were made at least until the late 1940s. I've seen several labelled as being made in "Occupied Japan". I wouldn't be surprised if they were around into the 1950s, though.

Sean