I think I've read every page of the reprinted Edison Phonograph Monthly, and a clock wasn't mentioned. It would be strange that the company would offer such a thing but never promote it in their dealers' magazine! It is an old clock with a not-so-old painting on the face; if you look carefully at the pics, you'll see that the colored bits go right across the cracks, showing that the paint was applied decades after the clock was made.
I saved photos from the last one this guy offered (last one I saw, anyway) and it was a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF CLOCK, with a different movement. The chances that one promotional item would be made that way are about none. Some poor sucker will be out $1500 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison short drop octagonal clock > In a message dated 3/3/2006 8:14:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > >> Being a clock collector also, I thought this was rather neat. It will be >> interesting to see where this goes. Without the Edison dial, this clock >> is only >> worth $200-300. >> >> Bill >> > ************* > is there any (printed) reference at the time (ca 1905) to the existence > and > distribution of this clock? It appears to be in remarkable condition. > > allen
