What is this? It is being sold at auction next week near me

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What is this? It is being sold at auction next week near me

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What the H*** is this? China? It is being sold at auction next week about 50 miles from here. This is only photo provided.
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It looks like a reproduction to me...

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Definitely repro

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Ya that is what I figured. Worth a shot to find out. Anyone else use auctionzip.com to look for auctions? What is nice about it you can set it to search within a distance from you and it looks up all key words for you.
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It looks to be a made in India repro. Not worth having unless you just want it for decoration. Generally they are very poor quality.

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Not worth the gasolinte to drive 50 miles to get it imho... :monkey:

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Junk

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Indian Crapophone. There must be millions of them. My wife bought one at a flea market for $20. Even the reproducer was a fake.

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It's an "Al-1202" ;)
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gramophoneshane wrote:It's an "Al-1202" ;)
I think I understand the coding behind the model no, "Al-12-02" "AL" short for a load of crap, and "12-02" denotes manufacture in February of this year. :lol:

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