Ray, I would have to agree. Not phonograph related, but a good example...
There was a very old church here in Des Moines that was set for the wrecking ball. They had a beautiful old pipe organ that a number of people were willing to buy "intact". They wanted to have it built into existing and ongoing Churches to be enjoyed for future generations. The parishioners that owned the building were only interested in money and apparently, had no interest in preserving history. The ranks of pipes were sold off separately, for more than the organ intact would have brought. The rest of the organ was bulldozed with the building. I was sick... That beautiful old instrument is now lost forever. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Wilenzick To: Phono-l at oldcrank.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AZ to MI for Stanton auction - anyone? I would have to disagree with your preference on this. I think machines should be sold at auction as complete as possible, and that includes original horns and reproducers. If the original horn is not available, then another of the same type as originally used should be included. Of course they may bring more money this way, but the seller, who has preserved it in the complete state, is entitled to a fair market value. Nothing irritates me more than to see a phono sold without a reproducer, for example, and then to see the reproducer sold separately later. Actually, such a procedure may bring in more money to the auctioneer than selling the machine intact. The auctioneer has the obligation to match up machines, reproducers, cranks, and horns, using an expert to help them if necessary. That's just my opinion. Ray Phil writes: > I'm not from AZ. I was going to attend until I > discovered all the machines are being sold with big > horns. I hate when they do that, they go for too much. > I like to buy everything seperately. > > Phil > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > Phono-l at oldcrank.com > http://oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list Phono-l at oldcrank.com http://oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
