SOLD: Edison Gem "C" with factory paper license tag $595
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:42 pm
Here is a very nice, all original and very clean, Gem Model C. This is a less-common model, produced with no end gate and other design changes for patent reasons, during 1909 and 1910 (See Appendix V of the Frow/Sefl book for the tale).
It's excellent both mechanically and cosmetically, and runs really well (especially for a Gem). Check the photos for the cosmetics. Case and machine are essentially free of flaws, with only some surface corrosion on the metal shaft of the crank, and a couple of blurry spots in some of the ornamentation. The nickel plating and black paint are shiny like mirrors, and the main mandrel pulley has no cracks or edge bites like most of them usually do.
It has a special feature, which you'll discover in the photos provided: a paper licensing tag, dated, stamped with the machine's serial number, and signed by a person. The language is a bit obscure, but I interpret it as saying something like "yeah, this is an obsolescent machine, and so we have discounted the price - but that doesn't mean there's any dickering allowed on a further reduction, and we won't let you advertise that it's cheaper than it was originally."
Since the whiz-bang Red Gem came right after it, it makes sense that they might have wanted to blow the leftover C's out the door.
No horn included. C reproducer included. If you need a horn, we can discuss a couple of options that I have available.
This is located here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I can ship it to you easily. But if you prefer not to ship, there are several pickup/delivery options available, thanks to our friend Jerry Blais:
1. You come pick it up here, or I can deliver it within a hundred miles or less (I need to get TF outta the house).
2. I hand it off to Jerry in January as he travels from Oregon to Arizona, for delivery to points between SF and his Arizona destination.
3. I hand it off to Jerry on his return trip to Oregon, for delivery to points between SF and Oregon, or you pick it up from him in Oregon later.
4. Jerry carries it back to Oregon, and then conveys it to the O'Hare/Chicago (Union replacement) show in June for pickup there, or delivery to points between Oregon and Chicago.
All of these interactions will be masked and distanced of course.
Thanks for looking.
It's excellent both mechanically and cosmetically, and runs really well (especially for a Gem). Check the photos for the cosmetics. Case and machine are essentially free of flaws, with only some surface corrosion on the metal shaft of the crank, and a couple of blurry spots in some of the ornamentation. The nickel plating and black paint are shiny like mirrors, and the main mandrel pulley has no cracks or edge bites like most of them usually do.
It has a special feature, which you'll discover in the photos provided: a paper licensing tag, dated, stamped with the machine's serial number, and signed by a person. The language is a bit obscure, but I interpret it as saying something like "yeah, this is an obsolescent machine, and so we have discounted the price - but that doesn't mean there's any dickering allowed on a further reduction, and we won't let you advertise that it's cheaper than it was originally."
Since the whiz-bang Red Gem came right after it, it makes sense that they might have wanted to blow the leftover C's out the door.
No horn included. C reproducer included. If you need a horn, we can discuss a couple of options that I have available.
This is located here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I can ship it to you easily. But if you prefer not to ship, there are several pickup/delivery options available, thanks to our friend Jerry Blais:
1. You come pick it up here, or I can deliver it within a hundred miles or less (I need to get TF outta the house).
2. I hand it off to Jerry in January as he travels from Oregon to Arizona, for delivery to points between SF and his Arizona destination.
3. I hand it off to Jerry on his return trip to Oregon, for delivery to points between SF and Oregon, or you pick it up from him in Oregon later.
4. Jerry carries it back to Oregon, and then conveys it to the O'Hare/Chicago (Union replacement) show in June for pickup there, or delivery to points between Oregon and Chicago.
All of these interactions will be masked and distanced of course.
Thanks for looking.