HMV202 from Japan

[CarlosV]

In UK eBay:
[ebay]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256156379098 ... R9y-m5iyYg[/ebay]

Photos do not show the horn, a potential buyer should ask for them before bidding. The motor is not the oil bath, but probably the 4-spring nr 34.

[epigramophone]

As the seller may discover, the days when big Re-Entrants made this kind of money are long gone.
When prices were at their height and the Japanese were buying, a collector friend sold his 203 and used the proceeds to buy a vintage car. Over the ensuing years the car has held it's value. The big Re-Entrants have not.

Ian Maxted's superb EMG Xb Oversize Export Model, the subject of another thread, will probably make a fraction of the 202's asking price when it is auctioned next week. I know which I would rather have, regardless of price.

[Steve]

In that condition I'd suggest it's worth about ⅓ of the asking price.

[poodling around]

I do like the USA dollar / GB Pound exchange rate though .............

[Phono48]

Apart from the condition issues already mentioned, that black (bronze?) turntable looks wrong to me. I could be very wrong, as I haven't seen a 202 for years, but I would have thought it should be plated to match the rest of the internal fittings.

Barry

[Steve]

Apart from the condition issues already mentioned, that black (bronze?) turntable looks wrong to me. I could be very wrong, as I haven't seen a 202 for years, but I would have thought it should be plated to match the rest of the internal fittings.

Barry

I have a 202 and that one looks fine to me. The turntable isn't bronze but it's a dark gun metal (oxidised silver) blue to the edge with slightly polished out parts to the rim, giving that glint of silver visible in the picture.

[epigramophone]

I do like the USA dollar / GB Pound exchange rate though .............

I don't like the probable cost and risk of shipping from Japan.

[Phono48]

Apart from the condition issues already mentioned, that black (bronze?) turntable looks wrong to me. I could be very wrong, as I haven't seen a 202 for years, but I would have thought it should be plated to match the rest of the internal fittings.

Barry

I have a 202 and that one looks fine to me. The turntable isn't bronze but it's a dark gun metal (oxidised silver) blue to the edge with slightly polished out parts to the rim, giving that glint of silver visible in the picture.

Thanks Steve, all clear now!

Barry

[Watanabehi]

In UK eBay:
[ebay]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256156379098 ... R9y-m5iyYg[/ebay]

Photos do not show the horn, a potential buyer should ask for them before bidding. The motor is not the oil bath, but probably the 4-spring nr 34.

I have an oil-bath hmv 202 in very good condition imported from Australia years ago. I was like USD 4600.00. Since it was before Covid, the cost for the shipping was not so expensive. I have been enjoying it very much.

[Watanabehi]

In UK eBay:
[ebay]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256156379098 ... R9y-m5iyYg[/ebay]

Photos do not show the horn, a potential buyer should ask for them before bidding. The motor is not the oil bath, but probably the 4-spring nr 34.

I have an oil-bath hmv 202 in very good condition imported from Australia years ago. It was like USD 4600.00. Since it was before Covid, the cost for the shipping was not so expensive. I have been enjoying it very much.