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"Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:18 pm
by Benjamin_L
I'm not getting this for obvious reasons. But, I am interested in it. The decal and grill are impressive. It has the side facing tonearm like a Sonora.
Do yall really think it's worth that much?
Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Scarce-191 ... 1606481602
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:59 pm
by TinfoilPhono
That seems wildly high to me, unless I'm missing something here.
It looks like the tonearm has been very crudely repaired. Aside from what looks like a very messy application of JB Weld on the tube by the reproducer, the center part of the arm is a piece of copper plumbing.
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:57 pm
by Curt A
"Do yall really think it's worth that much?"
NO!!! 
You could buy a really nice machine for $2,500... instead of that cobbled up machine...
It has no real significance,
UNLESS you want to have something to talk about when the next Jehovah's Witnesses come by...
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:13 am
by mattrx
"It has no real significance, UNLESS you want to have something to talk about when the next Jehovah's Witnesses come by..."
Which is every other Saturday at my house....
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:00 pm
by Benjamin_L
Whoever listed this does seem a little daft. But I just didn't know "religious" companies got in the phonograph game. But then again everyone and their grandmother got in on it.
How many of these machines do you think were made? I'm just curious if they're really that "rare".
I just be smitten with these off-brand machines.
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:01 pm
by De Soto Frank
That angel with the trumpet makes me think of Gabriel or Moroni...
Gabriola or Moroniphone ?
Looks like Jiggs the Plumber worked on it along the way...
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:08 pm
by djoutrage
I'm one of Jehovah's witnesses and these things are very rare,at least they are here. I've asked about the watchtower machines and these and although some do still have watchtower phonographs in the families,I havn't met anyone with an angelophone.
Jws hang on to their stuff,because to us it is significant.I know of at least 15 watchtower phonographs in the homes of witnesses and that's just in the bit of the uk that I've asked around in. I do have an angelophone record,though.
that price is still nuts!
Re: "Rare" Angelophone on eBay.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:25 pm
by estott
They appear to be pretty rare, though that doesn't necessarily mean valuable.
Pretty case- I like the curved profile of the sides. Definitely a notch above the usual box.