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Very nice Edison Opera on EBay.... If you can sell your first born child to buy it! 160684362446

nice, but that's one of the most overpriced dealers I've seen (and aside from advertising purposes, I can't imagine what point his ebay auctions serve - they're on there all the time, but I can't remember seeing any of them actually result in any sales).

some of his more recent offerings came from that winsteads auction in north carolina a few months ago, where the prices went quite high. I inquired about a number of them afterward. a bunch of things that sold to him there ended up on ebay for about twice what they sold for at winsteads (and even there the prices were in most cases running at the high retail end). kind of ridiculous.

If you back at look at his past EBay auction sales, he has actually sold some very high end talking machines for some very high end money. Totally out of my reach anyway.

Very nice and I'd like to know what the dealer is asking BUT, if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. Out of my pay scale.

He has some spectacular things, but is always top dollar.

Here is the link to the listing http://www.ebay.com/itm/160684362446?ru ... 3D1&_rdc=1

Clay

I hate to see BA cylinders scratching up that mandrel! Ack!

I think this seller has been mentioned before on here. I agree about the cylinder--there are NO photos that show the condition of the mandrel. No doubt the oxidized finish is all worn away.