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Saw this, coming up in April. It has a TON of stuff. Some things here look strange, but this place is a treasure trove. They have a maroon gem (with both carriage styles on at once?) and an Edison Ajax!

https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/324 ... chRadius=0

Martin

Looks like some great treasures! If that large carriage and N reproducer are original to that Maroon Gem then it just might
be a rare model E Gem. I have only come across one model E Gem in my 50 years of collecting.

Pete

If you blow up the picture of the maroon Gem you can see the 2min & 4min markings making it a Model-D. Also I think th the other is a Climax concert cylinder machine introduced in 1901.

Rich Gordon

rgordon939 wrote:If you blow up the picture of the maroon Gem you can see the 2min & 4min markings making it a Model-D. Also I think th the other is a Climax concert cylinder machine introduced in 1901.

Rich Gordon

What's the difference between the "climax" and the Ajax? Cant seem to fond any info on it

Thanks
Martin

Went back and took a second look and it is definitely an Ajax. The difference is the Ajax is a Class M electric machine and the Climax is a crank machine. Both cabinets look alike. A beautiful Ajax sold at Stanton’s in October 2011 for $45,000 plus an 10% premium.

Rich Gordon

Does anyone know what the hammer price was on this machine?

Rich Gordon

Can someone post a list of hammer prices for all the phonographs that sold at this auction held yesterday April 17? Thank you.

I'm guessing the purchaser got the Edison for a good price. I tried to reach out to the auction house for over two weeks with no success.
I tried their email, listed phone number and even a associated number I found on the net, all met with no response?

Hopefully a knowledgeable collector was close enough to attend in person as there were several nice machines in this auction (nice as can be attributed to single far away photos).

Bruce

Here are hammer prices. 15% to 19% buyers premium must be added for final cost.
Ajax $ 26,000
Columbia Q with nickel horn $ 325
Square Standard missing base with reproducers/recorder $ 350
Triumph with Oak horn $ 1400
Victor R and records $ 850
Black Gem $ 250
Red Gem $ 675
Standard $ 275
Early Home Red Banner with Horn $ 400
Standard with Cygnet $ 875
Standard with 14 inch horn $ 325
Columbia Cylinder $ 500
Columbia Disc with Nickel Horn $ 700

Thanks for posting the prices.

Rich Gordon