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There is a Vanophone on Ebay. The last bid was over $ 400.00

What do you guys think....its out of my league, but why so much?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-SM ... 43dd487854

I think the reason the price is so high is because metal bodied phonographs from the WW1 era are rare because most of them were scrapped.

Victrolaboy wrote:I think the reason the price is so high is because metal bodied phonographs from the WW1 era are rare because most of them were scrapped.

That does make sense, you really don't see these machine around very often.

I paid $275.00 for mine several years ago at the Wayne show.

they're certainly not the most common phonograph, but I too have seen them selling for a good deal less than that. some sellers, it seems, just have that... "magic touch"... with auctions that attract far more bidders and money than the norm. I'm thinking of a few in ohio and north carolina in particular.

There are a fair amount of them out there- I think its because they look rather "Steampunk" with all that metal, and also pure happenstance- a bidding war can come out of noplace.

It sold for $547.99.

Clay

Same seller sold a very similar one in April for $305, i think it's just who's bidding.