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Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:17 pm
by Zwebie
Looks like the original owner of an early Victor Talking Machine, decided to upgrade to a Concert Reproducer, and put this into the Concert box and forgot about it for 120 years! This would have been original equipment on a Victor A, B, or C phonograph in 1901.
Just goes to show that there is still some Minty Original stuff out there.
WOW!, Bob S.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:41 pm
by alang
WOW! Now that's really a survivor! Congratulations to this awesome find!
Andreas
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:04 pm
by gramophone78
WOW!!! is right.
Interestingly, I found my Consolidated "C" stamped Clark-Johnson inside a ERJ Concert box too with my ERJ type B. The lid just presses the needle screw a touch too much screwed all the way down. Unlike a ERJ Concert, which fits perfectly.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:23 pm
by phonospud
I’ve never seen one as mint as yours. Very nice!
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:37 pm
by gramophone78
Bob, did you win the one on Ebay..?? That must be one the best examples around.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:04 pm
by Zwebie
Bob, did you win the one on Ebay..?? That must be one the best examples around.
Yep! I got lucky!
Bob S.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:10 pm
by JeffR1
What is it and US sellers shipping to Canada ?
DOES NOT SHIP TO CANADA
I guess they figure the leprosy might spread somehow.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:31 pm
by gramophone78
Zwebie wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:04 pm
Bob, did you win the one on Ebay..?? That must be one the best examples around.
Yep! I got lucky!
Bob S.
Well congrats getting that one. I will be curious to know if yours is also a touch too high in the Concert box. Please let us know once you get it.
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:44 pm
by Phono-Phan
Nice
I am surprised there weren't more bids on it. Only 6? Congrats!
Re: Minty Victor Standard Sound Box, (Clark/Johnson)!
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:56 pm
by Zwebie
gramophone78: Well congrats getting that one. I will be curious to know if yours is also a touch too high in the Concert box. Please let us know once you get it.
Well the lid closes all the way on the reproducer. Possibly the ERJ Concert Box is a bit shallower than the Victor Concert Box?
Anyway, I dusted it off with a soft brush, and it just shines. The unmarred screws are a gorgeous blue!
I haven't seen a nicer reproducer since the Clark/Johnson that I have on my 1898 Berliner, which also still has lovely blued screws, but I think this one has it beat!
Bob S.