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Just brought home a Columbia Graphophone with a very nice cabinet and gold plated hardware. Has 4 tilt out record drawers with dividers. Sorry about the funky photos but it is currently laying in the back of my minivan.

Thanks! Cliff

It looks like a model 200 since you said it has gold plated hardware and there is "$200" in the printed text on the bottom label. Columbia's production records did not survive intact, but this model was available from 1915 through 1918.

From about 1914 through about 1918, Columbia's model number reflected the retail price that model was supposed to sell for. This model was Columbia's answer to Victor's VV-XVI.

Cliff,

That's gorgeous ! I have a nearly identical machine in dark red mahogany with nickel.


I would LOVE to have a nice golden Oak Grafonola...


Please share some pics of the insides when you get it unloaded.

Before 1915, the 200 was previously known as the "De Luxe": it had used that cabinet style since about 1912.

Bill