HI STEVE I AGREE I HAVE SEVERAL COLLECTOR FRIENDS WHO HAVE ONE OFF CASES THAT WERE DONE BY OWNERS OF THE PERIOD WITH SOME VERY FANCY EMBELISHMENTS I AGREE IT MAY HURT THE PRICE BUT THEY ARE INTERESTING JUST THE SAME ZONO
-----Original Message----- From: The Farmers <g...@usfamily.net> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Sun, Apr 10, 2011 1:00 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay GEM - Is this real? What is the purpose of continuing to beat this seller's description? While we agree that it is highly unlikely the paint was applied at the factory, the paint is good enough that a seller without vast phonograph experience could easily think it looks as old as the machine, and therefore as far as he knows was applied at the factory. It looks like this seller sells lots of purses and boots, and is probably much more knowledgeable about those items than the average phonograph expert. If I had a purse to sell on eBay I could easily make wrong assumptions about it that the purse experts would laugh at too. And, whether painted at the factory or not, it looks very nice. If I owned it, I'd keep it and display it alongside my factory-correct Gems. -- Greg Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: <bruce78...@comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 6:53 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay GEM - Is this real? > "He said that as far as he knows the paint was applied at the factor", And > where pray tell did he derive that knowledge from ? Me thinks very > strongly, that it is a figment of his vast imagination !! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Medved" <steve_nor...@msn.com> > To: "Phono-l" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2011 11:16:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay GEM - Is this real? > > >> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 11:55:15 -0700 >> From: smst...@gmail.com >> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay GEM - Is this real? >> >> Ward an interesting comment. How would the seller know that? >> >> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Ward Sandstrom <w...@bis.midco.net> >> wrote: >> >> > I contacted the seller days ago and he said that as far as he knows the >> > paint was applied at the factory. He didn't put my question and his >> > answer >> > back in his auction. Ward S. >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <rich-m...@octoxol.com> >> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> >> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:09 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay GEM - Is this real? >> > >> > >> > >> > Some of these enhancements were done in the early 50s, and during the >> >> depression to improve mail order saleability of used phonos. To tell >> >> what >> >> you are looking at you would have to be doing paint analysis to date >> >> it. >> >> Does not realy look Factory though. >> >> >> >> On 04/09/2011 11:23 AM, Steve Andersen wrote: >> >> >> >>> I believe it was not done at the factory. Usually the factory would >> >>> put >> >>> special guilt on the casting, not the case. Either a jobber or an >> >>> artistic >> >>> owner did this. >> >>> >> >>> Steve >> >>> On Apr 9, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Vinyl Visions wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I found an auction for an Edison GEM, with rose flowered horn and >> >>>> decorated case which matches and appears to be old... >> >>>> >> >>>> Question: did Edison ever produce a machine with a flowered case to >> >>>> match the horn - seller claims it to be VERY rare? >> >>>> eBay Item number: 230604577714 >> >>>> >> >>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Edison-Gem-Phonograph-Rose-Flower-Horn-Case-Very-Rare_W0QQitemZ230604577714QQcategoryZ38029QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m1374QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DPI%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8335346353050994345 >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Phono-L mailing list >> >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Phono-L mailing list >> >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> Phono-L mailing list >> >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Phono-L mailing list >> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org