another Japanese Victrola phono...
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:07 pm
eBay Item #270332704313
I wish I had bid as it sold for under $100...
Interesting, here's the "copy and paste" from the ad.
This is a working portable style Victrola Phonograph, it looks like a little suitcase. It looks to be 100% original, but I don't know enough about it to be sure.
A little history. I purchased this from a Japanese antiques dealer at a bazaar held on Yokota Air Base about Oct 2005. I paid about $150 dollars for it.
It has been sitting on a shelf in my basement, and has only been used a few times for the amusement of my children. (My 7 month old love this thing)
I tried researching the model number on the Victor Victrola page on line http://www.victor-victrola.com but I was unable to find any info on this model.
The Model Number is VV J2-10, and the serial is 5249, as listed on a small metal plate underneath the turntable (not pictured).
The reproducer (round thing that holds needle) says "CORONA TALKING MACHINES COMPANY, TOKYO JAPAN" on it with a "No. 300".
I have NO IDEA when it was made, and I hesitate to start ripping it open to see if there is a date on the innards.
It weighs 15.5 pounds, including the 2 phonographs I will include in the sale.
It measures (as pictured in photo) 12" wide, 15.5" deep, 6" tall (when closed), and 18.75" tall (when open).
I wish I had bid as it sold for under $100...
Interesting, here's the "copy and paste" from the ad.
This is a working portable style Victrola Phonograph, it looks like a little suitcase. It looks to be 100% original, but I don't know enough about it to be sure.
A little history. I purchased this from a Japanese antiques dealer at a bazaar held on Yokota Air Base about Oct 2005. I paid about $150 dollars for it.
It has been sitting on a shelf in my basement, and has only been used a few times for the amusement of my children. (My 7 month old love this thing)
I tried researching the model number on the Victor Victrola page on line http://www.victor-victrola.com but I was unable to find any info on this model.
The Model Number is VV J2-10, and the serial is 5249, as listed on a small metal plate underneath the turntable (not pictured).
The reproducer (round thing that holds needle) says "CORONA TALKING MACHINES COMPANY, TOKYO JAPAN" on it with a "No. 300".
I have NO IDEA when it was made, and I hesitate to start ripping it open to see if there is a date on the innards.
It weighs 15.5 pounds, including the 2 phonographs I will include in the sale.
It measures (as pictured in photo) 12" wide, 15.5" deep, 6" tall (when closed), and 18.75" tall (when open).