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Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:50 pm
by phonolamplighter
Here is an article from the 'Talking Machine World', June 1919 about stolen Victrolas.
Does anyone out there have one? If so, how did you happen to come to own it?
Don't worry, the statute of limitations has expired.
Re: Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:01 pm
by Silvertone
None of these serial numbers have been submitted to the Victor-Victrola.com data base.
Re: Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:40 pm
by victorIIvictor
thanks to you both for your interesting research!
Best wishes, Mark
Re: Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:08 pm
by Curt A
The truck was probably highjacked by the Mafia and the machines were sent to a phonograph chop shop where they were disassembled and sold for replacement parts...
Re: Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:48 pm
by Phonolair
Silvertone wrote:None of these serial numbers have been submitted to the Victor-Victrola.com data base.
Is there a way to search this data base for information.
Larry Crandell
Re: Stolen Victrolas
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:22 pm
by Phono-Phan
It would be neat to see if any of these are in a collection.