I paid $500.00 for my standard-A back in October at an Antique Mall. I saw one in New Oxford, Pa the guy was selling it for $1200.00 and looked like it been run through the mill. It's more then likely still there. keith
-----Original Message----- From: Phil O'Keefe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:09 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono buying in 1975... $600 dollar Standard in 1975?! I bought mine in the mid-1980s from a dealer for $225 and he replaced the mandrel bearing for no additional charge! I stay away from eBay, but I've seen 4-Minute Standards in other places selling for as much as $800 with the puny witches hat horn. -Phil On 3/10/04 8:02 PM, "Phillip Sands" <[email protected]> wrote: > I paid far more in the 70's for this stuff. In 1975 > you couldn't touch a Standard for under $600.. You can > find them on Ebay now for 300. Do the inflation math. > _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From john9ten Thu Mar 11 08:15:29 2004 From: john9ten (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:36 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Phono buying in 1975... In-Reply-To: <bc75c112.45af%[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> I hear that. I bought my first Edison Standard model A at the CAPS phonograph show and sale in 1985 or so for $350 with an original horn. From Pat Jones yet, and his machines get good prices! John Robles Phil O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: $600 dollar Standard in 1975?! I bought mine in the mid-1980s from a dealer for $225 and he replaced the mandrel bearing for no additional charge! I stay away from eBay, but I've seen 4-Minute Standards in other places selling for as much as $800 with the puny witches hat horn. -Phil On 3/10/04 8:02 PM, "Phillip Sands" wrote: > I paid far more in the 70's for this stuff. In 1975 > you couldn't touch a Standard for under $600.. You can > find them on Ebay now for 300. Do the inflation math. > _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From pokeefe571 Thu Mar 11 14:29:27 2004 From: pokeefe571 (Phil O'Keefe) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:36 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Phono buying in 1975... In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <bc76289e.45e7%[email protected]> Kieth, 2-Minute cylinder phonographs generally don't sell for as much as 4-Minute or 2/4-Minute combination phonographs. I think that is because of the rarity of 2-Minute cylinders in these times. There's plenty of 4-Minute Blue Amberols and Indestructibles around, so the demand for 4-Minute machines is higher, and hence the prices are higher. It's funny how some antique dealers have no idea of what they are selling and try to make a killing on it. I've seen some real junkers in antique stores selling for unrealistic prices. Like you say, they never move. The dealers really crack me up when they try to sell common Blue Amberol records in poor condition (missing boxes, cracks, splits, scratches, broken plaster cores, etc.) for $12 or more. I came across a dealer a few months ago with a pile of very moldy Edison Amberol and Gold Moulded cylinders in the display case. They were marked "$8" each and they were reduced to "$4" each. She told me that a previous customer informed her that they badly damaged, so hence the price reduction. I bought one from her because the box was rare. -Phil http://www.engineeringexpert.net/edphono.htm On 3/11/04 7:12 AM, "Carter, Keith" <[email protected]> wrote: > I paid $500.00 for my standard-A back in October at an Antique Mall. > I saw one in New Oxford, Pa the guy was selling it for $1200.00 and looked > like it been run through the mill. It's more then likely still there. > keith
