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Somebody is selling a record cabinet on Craigslist, but I am not sure how old it is. Does anybody know if this is from "our" era of collecting?

A triumph of form over function. For a cabinet which only holds about 60/70 records it takes up a lot of floor space.

It definitely takes up a bunch of space. Do you think it was homemade? The same sellers are selling this Granada with it, which looks like it kind of matches.

What a unique and cumbersome cabinet design, with a "hinge down" door that keeps you away from the records you wish to select.

One of dozens of record cabinets shown in our book series. This page is from Antique Phonograph Accessories & Contraptions by Fabrizio & Paul (click twice on the image to enlarge):

George P.

I like it. Remember, at 75 cents each, 60 records would have been $45. In 1918 that $45 would be worth $884 in money today according to Inflation Rates Calculator at https://www.in2013dollars.com.

The purchasing power in 1918, though, would have been something else. With people making around $3000 a year, that $45 record stash was a significant bite out of that.

Sometimes looking at the prices makes things make sense--and as for taking up space in the house, in 1920 you could rent an apartment in NYC for $60 a month, so people tended to be better off as far as maybe actually finding some where to live.

Thanks for the info George! Charles, you are correct, and I always think in those terms when I am buying records for 10 cents or a big lot of 100 records for $20. If the cabinet was really cheap I would buy it.

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Ben the phono man wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:41 pm Do you have a link for the posting?
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JerryVan wrote: Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:22 pm

Ben the phono man wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:41 pm Do you have a link for the posting?
Thanks!

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Anyone who has a link!