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With lack of details and 2 photos that detail a Bose unit more than the phonograph, and a 1 feedback rating, whats your take?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Victrol ... SwJb9WtiW0

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Run away!

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Looks like a regular old drugstore Columbia with an oak case.
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It's a Columbia client machine. I really can't tell by the pictures what model it is. If the machine is local, I would be all over it. This is a machine that I would like to see in person, pay cash, and pickup.
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Phonofreak wrote:It's a Columbia client machine. I really can't tell by the pictures what model it is. If the machine is local, I would be all over it. This is a machine that I would like to see in person, pay cash, and pickup.
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Depends on the reserve. I'd bid on it at that price, but "Great Fidelity"??

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Based upon a cursory visual. I'd say it's a genuine BN. Horn, tone arm, reproducer, speed control/shut off seem correct. I don't imagine it'll fetch more than $750 if at all. Certainly I'd ask for more pics. But the ad simply reveals the seller's ignorance, rather than what they may be trying to hide.

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Sadly, the description and photos are not the only things that are vague. Perhaps he simply doesn't care.
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So I sez........
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Here is the answer I got this morning from the seller so beware: It is a Victrola. It does not have a decal. I play it often, its in excellent working condition.

OK, so no decal?? Refinished? A Victrola?

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