Anyone in the market for a VV-XVI Vernis-Martin finish?

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Anyone in the market for a VV-XVI Vernis-Martin finish?

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Here you go... (no, it's not mine -- my piggy bank is empty) :rose:

eBay Item #150488808072

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I really like this machine!!!
I don't know if the lower doors look a little funny.
You don't see these too often.

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Skihawx wrote:I really like this machine!!!
I don't know if the lower doors look a little funny.
You don't see these too often.


I have never seen detailed pics of one until that listing. Its a
dream machine for sure!

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I don't like it. :o 8-)

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Me neither. It might look good if you live in a palace, but in a normal home, it's mutton dressed up as lamb.

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You don't like them? Send them all my way. A Vernis Martin machine is the holy grail for me! Jerry Blais

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Here is what the vernis looked like in my old Victorian house back
in Indiana.

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Wasn't exacly a museum. But is was a nice old house!!!

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Re: Anyone in the market for a VV-XVI Vernis-Martin finish?

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Skihawx wrote:Here is what the vernis looked like in my old Victorian house back
in Indiana.

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Wasn't exacly a museum. But is was a nice old house!!!
Beautifully decorated old house and the VM fits right in there. Over the longer term I'd be concerned about fading unless you kept the window shaded though. :monkey:

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I'm with Jerry! If anyone has one they don't need and want to kick it down, just let me know! Actually, I am at a very close 2nd place with the Circassian Walnut model. I would get downright emotional if I was able to procure one. :cry:

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My daughters room in the old house. She liked the Circassian
Walnut machines too!

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