HI ALL I AM LOOKING FOR A TONEARM FOR MY REGINAPHONE 240 DOES ANYONE HAVE ONE OR ONE I CAN USE A PATTERN THANKS ZONO
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From [email protected] Sun Sep 2 15:47:47 2007 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Sun Sep 2 15:51:57 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Preston Evans Opportunities Auction References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <001d01c7edb3$49bb9eb0$6101a...@wilenzick> John: I have heard similar stories from other collectors attending phonograph shows, and there are reasons for it. Here are four that I can think of:: 1. The people attending "live" auctions that include items of many collecting interests, such as music boxes and juke boxes, often have more expendable income as compared to phonograph collectors, most of whom have limited funds for purchases. 2. Live auctions hire experienced professional auctioneers, whose job it is to encourage bidding and sales with fast talk. Such sales people are not at phono shows. 3. eBay has greatly altered our phono buying experience. Before eBay, if we saw an item at a show we would jump on it as we thought we might not see another one like it. With eBay, what we thought was rare turns out to be fairly common (with exceptions), so we don't have to do that anymore. 4. When you bring a Vic II or Columbia BF to a phono show, there might not be a lot of interest as most people there probably already have one. At a live auction, there are people and dealers who may think that little machine is mighty cute, and end up buying it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Preston Evans Opportunities Auction > Wow, it seems live auction is the way to sell machines, as nothing sold at > the CAPS show but my cheapest offerings. I had a nice Vic III, 2 Vic II > humpbacks which I still have, a COlumbia BF which I still have, a Columbia > Elite (1st inside horn grafonola with early Disc Graphophone decal), and > the prize, a Thomas Home Phonograph radio-cassette player that looks like > an Edison Home!! My complete Edison 2 minute recorder didn't sell, nor my > Edison Battery Post wrench (everyone was interested til they found out > what it was!!). The only reason I got some stuff to bring home was that I > traded the III, a nice record cabinet and an Amberola 30 for some other > stuff. I still had a good time and it was great to see everyone, but I > didn't see machines changing hands. A few people said that it had become a > record show. I didn't see the variety of items I have seen in the past, > not a lot of parts or horns, and when some of the big guys showed up > without any outside horn disc machines, I > knew something was amiss!! > John > > [email protected] wrote: > This is a report on the Labor Day weekend auction, the Preston Evans > Opportunities Auction, held in Newnan, GA. It was a huge 2-day auction of > almost every type of mechanical or music collectible, such as music boxes, > juke boxes, crank organs, clocks, vintage toys, advertising items, arcade > machines, slot machines, and even phonographs. The juke boxes, slots, and > music boxes were abundant and quite spectacular, as this auction house > specializes in those items. The relatively few phonograph items of > interest are as follows. Prices include the 10% buyer's premium, but not > sales tax. > > Columbia BF cylinder phono with green morning glory floral horn, average > condition, $990 > Oak Opera with oak horn, refinished, quite nice overall, $5,500 (good > price) > Mahogany Opera and horn, wood refinished rather poorly, $5,500 > Edison Home in floor cabinet with glass top, rough case in and out, (not > H&S I believe), $5,500 > Victor IV with mahogany horn, below average condition, horn refinished, > case fair, $2,310 > Victor VI, highly polished brass pedal horn with repairs (didn't like > horn), $3300 (good price if mahogany horn put on it) > Little Wonder phono, average condition, has correct original crank, $550 > Kalamazoo Duplex, average to poor condition, both original horns present, > $7,700 > Edison Fireside with Cygnet horn, average condition, $1,210 > Mahogany round front Herzog cabinet, poorly refinished, replaced shelves > and pegs, $2,200 > Columbia BF with reproduction small horn, $660 > Columbia AH, front mount, average original condition, nice horn, $715 > Cylinder record cabinet, 4-drawer oak, beautiful serpentine shape, tiger > stripe finish, original pegs, nice one, $990 > Amberola 75, average condition, $550 > Reginaphone, style 240, beautiful and complete, $12,925 > Mae Starr phono doll, don't know if phono worked or not, $385 > Effanbee talking doll, also don't know about talking mechanism, $550 > Wurlitzer Model 850 jukebox, "the peacock", absolutely gorgeous original, > $22,800 > Wurlitzer Model 780 jukebox, very nice, $6,325 > Wurlitzer Model 800 jukebox, a real beauty, $9,625 > Wurlitzer Model 750 jukebox, beautiful, $7,150 > > The list is not complete as I missed some phono prices due to the fast > pace. Also, there were some other small phonos and record cabinets, > selling for a few hundred dollars that I didn't bother to record prices. > And there were lots more wonderful jukeboxes, including the super rare > 950, that sold after the phonographs were sold and I had left the auction > house. > > Ray > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
