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Decca ? Parlophon(e) ? Something else ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196408242441 ... R7qW3dn0Yw

It’s nice isn’t it. A Chippendale Decca Cellarette.

It's a precious thing, isn't it?

jamiegramo wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 3:46 pm It’s nice isn’t it. A Chippendale Decca Cellarette.

Is it like the one that epigramophone purchased in this other thread ? :

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=57724

Yes, but this one is much more elegant...

Inigo wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 4:20 pm Yes, but this one is much more elegant...

Oh, interesting ................. if that is the case then this one is also a lot cheaper it seems ?

Yes cheaper!

Looking at the sellers other items I wonder if he meant to price it at £5000 and not £500. He’s asking £750 for a 1920s trolley.

His furniture is nice but in the current market £22,000 seems a little hopeful for a sideboard.

A Deccalian "Chippendale" style Boudoir gramophone made by Barnett Samuel (Decca) in 1922. Yes, they are far more elegant than the same machine shoe-horned into a wine cellerette with infill side panels and due to this model actually being catalogued we know it is genuine. Also, there are at least a dozen survivors known to exist to me.

I have two identical in my collection, one from the Late Roger Thorne sale, and they are currently rather conveniently (mis)used as bedside tables!

It has a unique way to disguise the crank hole... I love it.

Steve wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 6:57 pm A Deccalian "Chippendale" style Boudoir gramophone made by Barnett Samuel (Decca) in 1922. Yes, they are far more elegant than the same machine shoe-horned into a wine cellerette with infill side panels and due to this model actually being catalogued we know it is genuine.

Surely you are not still casting doubts as to the authenticity of my Deccalian, despite being the underbidder at it's sale.
All you doubters are in for a big surprise when the results of my research are published in the next CLPGS magazine.