Judging from the price paid and looking at what the buyer has previously bought, I would say the Capehart is in good hands. I've seen that WE speaker go for almost 3K. A 41-E changer (not w/L.P.) went for about 1300.00 a couple weeks ago. I bought an identical one for about 300.00 three or four years ago. One of my Capeharts is the 414-N (78's only) and operates smooth as silk, once it's adjusted properly. I did go through a few junk records to get it that way however. With the GE pickup it is extremely kind to some very expensive records I play on it. I reserve the 405-E for just the occaisonal play as it 'is' hard on records because of the weight of the pickup. The 1935 cabinet is more heavily built (if that is possible) and just has a charm of its own. Each machine sounds spectacular. I think the one recently sold was worth every penny considering very few were made that played 33 1/3 albums. I also have to say that is a feature I would not pay a premium for. Maybe, finally the collecting public has awakened from their sleep or lack of knowlege of these wonderful phonographs and save them from gutting and having their parts end up across the Pacific or here, for the almighty $. Bruce
----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Houston" <cdh...@earthlink.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] O/T: Capehart 414N-1 > Well, the Capehart sold for $6100.00. I had planned on bidding, but the > bids topped 2 grand before I would have bid. I only hope that the buyer > treats the set with the affection that the price suggests. > > I sort of think that it had a little too much publicity in these posts. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
