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For what it's worth I paid $1800 less than one year agodaverob wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:55 pm So, I removed the reserve price on my rear mount D. It will sell this weekend (1 bid thus far).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134721253959?m ... media=COPY
This picture should make it clear...Jerry B. wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:20 am When you swing the tonearm towards the center of the turntable does the needle touch the spindle? If not, how close is it?
Thanks, Jerry B.
That's a bargain. I'm sure there's rare opportunities to find machines like this. I mean, subtract the horn value, and DIY "barn find" Victor Ds sell for more than 800. Not to mention that there's a "bargain" hindsight bias. My brother in law never tells stories about how much money he didn't save. Though he admittedly likes to troll people with undermining comments and anecdotes...chrisg wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:29 pmFor what it's worth I paid $1800 less than one year agodaverob wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:55 pm So, I removed the reserve price on my rear mount D. It will sell this weekend (1 bid thus far).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134721253959?m ... media=COPY
It's your thread so feel free to de-rail it at anytime but I'm not sure the forum really benefits from such abstract snarky posts like yours. It wasn't necessary!daverob wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:24 pm I appreciate your input, though I can't resist imagining your comment with a smarmy, aristocratic, British accent, as we sip our brandys by a roaring Victorian fire. (using the non American spelling of 'realize' might have contributed to that impression).
I'll give you a moment to retrieve your monocle from your snifter before I respond.
It is, indeed, quite interesting that of the 15 American/British/German 'monarch special' gingerbread style cabinet models I have collected, the American ones cost an average of double the others.
I could be mistaken, but I also suspect that you haven't been privy to a review of the 2 year history of international Victor D/ ms purchases on ebay either.
Nevertheless, our respective impression of those historical prices is certain to be edified when the marketplace of ebay determines the machine's final value.
I do apologize if you happen to be British, unspoken text is so void of spirit these days.
Warmly,
Dave
Now who's being smarmy and aristocratic?daverob wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:24 pm I appreciate your input, though I can't resist imagining your comment with a smarmy, aristocratic, British accent, as we sip our brandys by a roaring Victorian fire. (using the non American spelling of 'realize' might have contributed to that impression).
I'll give you a moment to retrieve your monocle from your snifter before I respond.
It is, indeed, quite interesting that of the 15 American/British/German 'monarch special' gingerbread style cabinet models I have collected, the American ones cost an average of double the others.
I could be mistaken, but I also suspect that you haven't been privy to a review of the 2 year history of international Victor D/ ms purchases on ebay either.
Nevertheless, our respective impression of those historical prices is certain to be edified when the marketplace of ebay determines the machine's final value.
I do apologize if you happen to be British, unspoken text is so void of spirit these days.
Warmly,
Dave
Even the joke about the monocle...