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Just saw this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Real-Antique-Co ... 4ac91214e7
Is this real or an interesting fantasy contraption?

Thanks
Andreas

The Garrard motor was certainly "Manufactured in the United Kingdom", but I reckon the rest was made in fantasy land. Why on earth would you need a mirror in the lid? If you magnify the images the cabinet is very roughly stained, and the colour doesn't match on all panels. And what are those chunks missing from the bottom edge? In my opinion, definately a home-made job, and a bad one at that.

At best I'd say this was put together by some not very skilled wood shop in India. Sort of a nice idea, but very clumsy.

At least you can see the music with that mirror

It has a genuine "Hand Make" "Sunata" reproducer, too! oy vey.

Then there was the Amberola 30 with a glass top. Why, oh why?


This one is all ready to chop an Edison disc to death: http://tinyurl.com/mlfgkk6

I wonder if its body roams the Earth at night, looking for its missing head... Ichabod Crane, beware!

Even HMV in India made some very strange machines , see the picture below , I have seen some of these HMV machines with identical banding as a finish so guess this is an attemt to copy that , and yes there are original machines with mirrors in the lid !

Edisone wrote:It has a genuine "Hand Make" "Sunata" reproducer, too! oy vey.

Then there was the Amberola 30 with a glass top. Why, oh why?


This one is all ready to chop an Edison disc to death: http://tinyurl.com/mlfgkk6

I wonder if its body roams the Earth at night, looking for its missing head... Ichabod Crane, beware!

The asking price for that VV-XI top is $549.99. Does that mean it would be worth $1,099.98 if still whole?