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Looks spectacular. I wonder how much it hurts to be missing the lid? Anyone have a spare Idealia lid? Jerry

Yes, I see it now. I didn't scroll through all the photos to see the lid. Jerry

There is a lid pictured in the ebay listing

The subject heading is Ideila. Of course the model is an Idelia... .


There was a spare lid for a Idelia that sold a few months ago. I think it was around $2500..... . Mind you, where are you going to find one..??.

gramophone78 wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:Looks spectacular. I wonder how much it hurts to be missing the lid? Anyone have a spare Idealia lid? Jerry

Of course the model is really called a Idelia.... .

I believe you meant to say an Idelia

Yes, an Idelia. However, the subject heading has now been corrected.

Every time I want to comment on something with a clip of Michael Rosen's "Noice", I don't because I feel like I am gonna be seen as copying Mr. Grumpy.

This is one of those times.

There is one odd thing about that machine that caught my eye. There appear to be four rivets on the end of the mandrel. What's up with that? I have never seen that on another Edison.

The seller seems to have a very good rating, but, you may want to be wary on this one because the seller is using the same pictures as this one from the web:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1018023

If it is the same machine, it last sold in Germany 6/18/2005, for about $40,000.oo US Dollars!
I'm guessing the reserve might be quite high!

Zwebie wrote:The seller seems to have a very good rating, but, you may want to be wary on this one because the seller is using the same pictures as this one from the web:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1018023

If it is the same machine, it last sold in Germany 6/18/2005, for about $40,000.oo US Dollars!
I'm guessing the reserve might be quite high!

I believe it is one and the same machine that is now being resold.