the one that got away.............
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 8:12 pm
A few weeks ago I arrived at an estate sale to see a antique floor model phonograph being loaded into a pick up. It had a tarp over it but just from the small amount of wood exposed and leg style it seems like a 1920s Victrola. So I go in and ask the estate seller if he knew what the make and model was. I probably shouldn't have asked, as he noted Victrola, VV-107, all original, gold plating shining. I pushed my suffering even further to ask what the sale price of this rare model was, the one I could have put if I showed up 5 minutes sooner - 400.00.
Seems like a great buy. I've only been able to find two sales on the internet, with going prices of about 850 and 1000. I didn't ask the seller if it was electric, as only 14 were made and could only guess at what one of those would sell for.
Seems like a great buy. I've only been able to find two sales on the internet, with going prices of about 850 and 1000. I didn't ask the seller if it was electric, as only 14 were made and could only guess at what one of those would sell for.