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cut-n-shut portable

Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:20 am
by 2Bdecided
A bizarre combination of HMV and Columbia, I think?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1920s-30s-HMV ... 1119843555

Re: cut-n-shut portable

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:46 am
by Phono48
Definately, but I shall refrain from advising the seller, I tried it once and got a very nasty reply. If the seller is of an age not to have seen a gramophone before, then I suppose it's understandable that they genuinely think it's original. However the bidder is probably just as uninformed, so let's just hope both parties will be happy with the deal.

Re: cut-n-shut portable

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:45 am
by 2Bdecided
I see somebody else (not me) did point out that it was two machines put together. I think this question was visible at the bottom of the listing while the bidding was "just" £33.

Despite this, it went on to make £80.98!

Obviously a couple of people wanted to collect a gramophone in person in Bristol, and didn't really care whether it was genuine or not.


Some people, even today, just buy gramophones to play records.

Cheers,
David.