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E. Amet Cylinder Phonograph - Chicago, IL


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-E-Amet- ... 2a1b514c9b

"Starting bid $0.99"???

Is this for real? Anybody know the seller?

Just seems "too good to be true"......

It's at $1136 now. I don't see any reason to believe it's not real. It's an established eBay seller with 100% positive feedback, and many people start high dollar items out low to encourage bidding when they know it will sell for more.

Right, also, this seller seems to think it's just an Edison machine, I bet he's already surprised at the current price. I bet he'll be even happier when the auction closes! The last Amet I can recall on eBay went over 5k if I recall correctly (this was a few years ago).

Sean

Very interesting! I wonder if this machine ever had a banner?

I've never seen an Amet machine with a banner.

George P.

I could put a banner on it.

Jerry B. wrote:I could put a banner on it.

George P.

Brandon wrote:It's at $1136 now. I don't see any reason to believe it's not real. It's an established eBay seller with 100% positive feedback, and many people start high dollar items out low to encourage bidding when they know it will sell for more.

I emailed the seller yesterday and he replied this morning how pleased he was when the price had risen to $1,000. He bought the machine without any clue to what he really had. Talk about dumb luck! It is up to $7,000 now - he must be delerious.

Now $8000!