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Advertised as a painting of a boy with a phonograph, dated 1898...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-19thC-A ... 51c0de09f5
On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
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Cody K
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fran604g
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
I'm thinking that the artist was predicting the future... 
Francis; "i" for him, "e" for her
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" - the unappreciative supervisor.
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" - the unappreciative supervisor.
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barnettrp21122
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
To me the device looks like a melodeon of some sort, using perforated cardboard discs. I know I've seen machines like this-maybe at a Stanton's auction.
I had to look twice to see that the dog was a live one, posing with the picture!
Bob
I had to look twice to see that the dog was a live one, posing with the picture!
"Comparison is the thief of joy" Theodore Roosevelt
His Master's Voice Automatic 1A Exponential Gramophone Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi70G1Rzqpo
His Master's Voice Automatic 1A Exponential Gramophone Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi70G1Rzqpo
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JohnM
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
"All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds." Richard Brautigan
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gemering
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
John,
Thanks for sending the link to that cool video.
Looks like a good workout for the operator.
Gene
Thanks for sending the link to that cool video.
Looks like a good workout for the operator.
Gene
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barnettrp21122
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
Yes! Thanks for posting the link!
Bob
"Comparison is the thief of joy" Theodore Roosevelt
His Master's Voice Automatic 1A Exponential Gramophone Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi70G1Rzqpo
His Master's Voice Automatic 1A Exponential Gramophone Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi70G1Rzqpo
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estott
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
Those organettes were sold almost entirely in Europe, I think the child is probably German.
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fran604g
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Francis; "i" for him, "e" for her
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" - the unappreciative supervisor.
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while" - the unappreciative supervisor.
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Edisone
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
The embroidery on that baby's smock looks like The Rosetta Stone !
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doublemike
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Re: On eBay...What's wrong with this picture?
It's a german ARIOSA organette.
Not so rare here in Italy...
There is one for sale on eBay italy now.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1yzIw4pK9U[/youtube]
Not so rare here in Italy...
There is one for sale on eBay italy now.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1yzIw4pK9U[/youtube]
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Victor Monarch, Columbia BK, Columbia BNW, Zonophone model 3, HMV 130