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outune wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:10 am Very Nice!! What a great deal! There are still bargains to be had "in the wild"... 3 ½ years ago, I found a Circassian VE-XVIII... in the wild. It's restoration was posted here on the forum, but unfortunately the pictures have disappeared, like many others.
Yours is a beautiful machine- please keep us updated once you have it in hand.
Brad Abell

JohnM wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:37 am Scored a nice XVI-H in Circassian Walnut on Facebook Marketplace yesterday for $350. It’s a day’s-drive round-trip away, and I’ll be picking it up next week.

audiophile102 wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 10:41 pm

JohnM wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:37 am Scored a nice XVI-H in Circassian Walnut on Facebook Marketplace yesterday for $350. It’s a day’s-drive round-trip away, and I’ll be picking it up next week.

What a bargain. Quite a beauty. Congratulations.

Victor VII wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:22 pm These are such gorgeous machines! More than a bit of envy at finding such a nice intact Circassian Walnut machine in the wild at a good price-congratulations!

I have asked this once before on this forum, but not sure I received a definitive answer. I have only seen XVIII Electrola's---has anyone seen a Circassian Walnut XVIII Victrola (non-electric?). It would seem logical that most of those Victor customers who were affluent enough to afford a Circassian XVIII would have had the means to have had electrification in their homes by the late 'teens when these units were available from Victor. I was fortunate to obtain a crank wound Victor XVIII in American Walnut which is also quite beautiful.