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Dad had 3 gorgeous floor models, an amberola B1, an oak amberola 75, and a diamond disk C 250. The family would prefer to have portable models, so I'm looking for advice on how to sell. I can try on yankee trader or ebay, but I'd have to figure out shipping or only sell local. The auction place that has sold for dad before says they also have a moving company, so they could go for online auction that way. Or, I can sell to dealers.

Does anyone have advice on selling/transporting floor models? I will post some pics of each below.

Amberola B1

Oak Amberola 75

Diamond Disk C250

Three beautiful machines, all desirable and should be no problem to sell. Some of the advertising looks interesting also.

Since you appear to be in NJ, the Wayne, NJ spring show might be a good place to sell them or list them on here...

Curt A wrote: Sat Oct 18, 2025 3:23 pm Three beautiful machines, all desirable and should be no problem to sell. Some of the advertising looks interesting also.

We haven't even begun to tackle the advertising and the battery acid bottles and things we have yet to identify, lol. And, we just got to the back of the garage and found more horns, what appear to be cylinder cabinets in pieces, maybe a c-250 cabinet with no innards, and god knows what else.

The issue with the uprights is that they are too good for me to risk transporting to the show. I'm thinking about starting with either yankee trader or ebay, for local pickup only.

Location is helpful.

JohnM wrote: Sat Oct 18, 2025 6:11 pm Location is helpful.

The phonographs are in Verona NJ

I’m in NJ about an ½ hour away I’d be interested to see what your selling.
Thanks
Dan