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Cute and complete appearing little portable. How high will the bidding go?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-PO ... 4627cfbd1c

In the UK we had the Guiniphone which was based on the American Polly portable :

it's already at almost 350? that seems pretty crazy for one of these, even with the original paper horn. whenever I see that many bids, especially with this much time left in the auction, I usually just think it's shill bidding. otherwise, these aren't at all that uncommon, and I've seen several of them in various condition sell over the past few years for anywhere from just under 100 to maybe 200 or little more if really perfect.

I have a nice Polly portable but it needs a new paper horn - where can one buy a nice repro ??

HAS THE NEEDLE INCLUDED SO IT'S READY TO PLAY YOUR FAVORITE OLD TIMEY RECORDS!

Wow, I'm impressed!

brianu,
"whenever I see that many bids, especially with this much time left in the auction, I usually just think it's shill bidding."

Me too... if not shill bidding, it's definitely idiotic bidding.

i remember years ago I had a chance to buy a Parisian portable.I didn't know at the time they were so rare!The price wasn't that expensive. edisonplayer

edisonplayer wrote:I didn't know at the time they were so rare!

that's because they're not. you can usually find more than one example at any phonograph show and at any given time there seems to be at least one or two on ebay.

the only thing that stands out about this one is the orginal paper cone horn, but even those aren't all that uncommon.

I have 2 in the back hall, one with a homemade cone and t'other with none. I'd like to see someone make nice reproductions of the cones - especially oak-grained 'wood', as someone posted here recently.