On this subject, I'd like to tell the rest of you something that might not be commonly known. Years ago (20, 30 years ago) there was a man who lived in Fulton, NY who was a big phonograph collector. He LOVED Edisons especially. He had a fabulous collection, and he sold it off over a long period of time. I bought some of it. He also painted clock faces for a living. That was his job, restoring and decorating clock faces. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Best to all,
Tim Fabrizio phonophan PO Box 10307 Rochester, NY 14610 585 244 5546 FAX 585 244 7601 Visit my Web site -- http://www.phonophan.com From john9ten Tue Apr 6 20:45:36 2004 From: john9ten (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:38 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Buyer Beware - Please Read This! In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> You are very lucky Eric. I am glad it wasn't one of the people who purposely sells fake 'antiques' on ebay. Congrats to the seller too for being a fair person. John Robles Eric Boyles <[email protected]> wrote: Folks, I almost made a big mistake. I won this through ebay and had actually already sent the seller a email payment. I had a anoynomous seller email me and suggested that I verify with a expert because he was 100% sure that the clock had fake "Edison" advertising placed over an original Baird clock. I was able to confirm today that is indeed a fake and the seller was devastated! He was man enought to take his medicine and willingly refunded my payment. That definetly helps restore my faith in mankind! Attached is the Ebay auction upl. Please study it and don't be duped in to buying this in the future!! http://tinyurl.com/2c9fb Happy collecting, Eric Boyles Crossett, AR _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From edboyles Tue Apr 6 20:59:49 2004 From: edboyles (Eric Boyles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:38 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Speaking of Edison Clocks Message-ID: <[email protected]> I also had the clock expert look at the Seth Thomas clock which brought big dollars on Ebay. See the url below. I am not sure who bought it and do not want to start any negative implications but it was the clock experts opinion that the clock is a newer vintage that the era of the Edison logo would have been. He used a great example of where VFW was used on a clock made in the 1890's. Knowing that the VFW was started in 1917 helps you understand that it can't be original to and 1890's clock. In my case, I wanted that clock and maybe looked past the hard questions. I had acutally emailed the seller with several points, one being the phono's did not look right (as someone else pointed out as well). His reply gave me a comfort zone that made me feel it was OK. Maybe that conversation up front helped my speedy refund efforts. As already indicated, anything is possible. http://tinyurl.com/3fy8m Eric
