If it is high valued machine you may be able to create the chance of purchasing the machine by offering a higher but a very fair price. If it is an opera in original condition offer at least $2500 and see what they say. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The Elusive Edison Victrola
I hope it's an Ediphone. I'd be sick if it were an Opera... estott <[email protected]> wrote: Could be anything from an Opera to an Ediphone. Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" To: Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 9:20 AM Subject: [Phono-L] The Elusive Edison Victrola > Hi All > I got a call from a local antique store, someone needs their 'Edison > Victrola' spruced up because they have a buyer for it. I called the owner, > who sounds like she is about sixty-something, and she told me she > inherited it from her dad. I expected it to be a Diamond Disc machine, but > it is a cylinder player. I haven't seen it yet, but the fact that she > already has a buyer and that it is going to pass through my hands before > it goes to its new home makes me think it will be something really choice > like an Idelia, and that she will have sold it to the other party for like > $250 or something and I will have no chance to rescue it! It comes with > several cylinders too, the ming fairly boggles at what could be there, > when a machine passes from its original family...Oh, but the one drawback > is that she says she doesn't have any needles for it.... > john Robles > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.
