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My colleague, competitor and friend Grant Kornberg has at long last opened a website for his various collectibles, which include antique phonographs. You know him on eBay as "Firebottles".

https://www.technogallerie.com/

Grant is one of the most straightforward and honorable people in the business and works very hard to make every sale a great experience for his many customers. His website reflects the standards of excellence he is famous for.

Raphael

Ahhh shucks, I'm blushing. Thank you, Raphael.

-- Grant

Very nice, Grant - - consistent with your professional approach. Congratulations!

In looking at your antique projectors, I noted an Enterprise Optigraph, sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. It's shown in the Sears catalog No.108 (1899). I have one here that was offered in the Sears catalog No.112 (late 1901) as the "1902 Model" and it differs from yours. I've seen several like mine over the years, but yours is the first of the earlier model I've seen. (I could swear I've seen your model advertised as the "1900 Model" either in the Sears catalog or in catalogs of Alvah Roebuck's Entertainment Supply Co./Amusement Supply Co.) I'm ignorant of an earlier model of the Optigraph, but I must admit I haven't applied myself to learning much about them.

Click this image twice to enlarge it.) Congratulations again on your new web site, and best of luck with it!

George P.

Best of luck... As always,,, top quality items.

blizz

Thanks, George! Thanks, Blizz! George, I think the only significant difference between the 1899 Optigraph and the 1900 Optigraph was the addition of the film magazines on the 1900 Optigraph. Other than that, the models are almost identical. I love all Optigraphs. They're tiny and ingenious. Thanks again for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

-- Grant

I've purchased from Grant several times. Photos are first class and descriptions are right on. No surprises! Items are world class too. Love the new site - and really love that Kinetoscope!

Hopefully you are leaving eBay for good and save yourself lots of money.

Scott

It's a pleasure to be able to browse through such high-quality stuff, so thoughtfully and professionally presented. Thanks!

Congratulations on your new website! Grant is a “Stand Up” Guy that goes above and beyond to please his customers! You can’t go wrong dealing with Grant. Items are exactly as presented and described.

Cheers, Bob S.

Wow...embarrassing, but thanks, everyone. I'll try to keep the site worth visiting. It's been on the drawing board for more than a year, and for a while there I never thought I'd get it done, but I'm glad that I finally did. Very much appreciate the kind words from you all.

-- Grant