Steve, Allen is right - - unscrupulous retailers occasionally found it in their best interest to grind off a serial number so the origin of a particular machine could not be traced. There's nothing else unusual about this "Home." The nickeled dataplate mounted on top suggests approx. May-December 1899. John also raises a possibility in that the machine might have been stolen. No way of knowing, but chances are that "Home" has had a colorful past. That reminds me of a guitar I bought back in 1973. I had been looking around for a Rickenbacker electric 12-string. A friend was buying an amp from a private owner about an hour from home, and I had gone along for the ride. The seller asked if anyone was interested in a guitar, and flipped open a guitar case. I was astonished to see a like-new Rickenbacker 12-string. Cradling it like a baby, I asked the fellow what he wanted for it, expecting to hear the usual $500-$700 price of that time. Instead, he replied, "A hundred." Being nineteen years old, this struck me only as a wonderful windfall, and I couldn't pay him fast enough. It was not until the next day when I was searching for its serial number that I discovered three little divots made by a drill bit to obscure the number. And that, Warden, is how I began my life of crime...
George Paul -----Original Message----- From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> To: Phono-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:37 pm Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number George and list, Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200181396387 Steve_______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 From [email protected] Thu Dec 6 21:11:15 2007 From: [email protected] (George Glastris) Date: Thu Dec 6 21:12:18 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <06ca01c8388f$9ce91960$7d57c...@none05vofc1vwp> Yes George, all very interesting, but what did you do with said guitar? Turn it in to the police as stolen property (like a good upstanding citizen) or continue with the life of crime, sex, drugs and rock n' roll? Being 1973, my guess is that you decked yourself out in Ziggy Stardust style and became a Marc Bolan groupie. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number > > Steve, > > Allen is right - - unscrupulous retailers occasionally found it in > their best interest to grind off a serial number so the origin of a > particular machine could not be traced. There's nothing else unusual > about this "Home." The nickeled dataplate mounted on top suggests > approx. May-December 1899. John also raises a possibility in that the > machine might have been stolen. No way of knowing, but chances are that > "Home" has had a colorful past. That reminds me of a guitar I bought > back in 1973. I had been looking around for a Rickenbacker electric > 12-string. A friend was buying an amp from a private owner about an > hour from home, and I had gone along for the ride. The seller asked if > anyone was interested in a guitar, and flipped open a guitar case. I > was astonished to see a like-new Rickenbacker 12-string. Cradling it > like a baby, I asked the fellow what he wanted for it, expecting to > hear the usual $500-$700 price of that time. Instead, he replied, "A > hundred." Being nineteen years old, this struck me only as a wonderful > windfall, and I couldn't pay him fast enough. It was not until the next > day when I was searching for its serial number that I discovered three > little divots made by a drill bit to obscure the number. And that, > Warden, is how I began my life of crime... > > > > George Paul > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > To: Phono-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:37 pm > Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number > > > > > > > > > > > George and list, > > Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number? > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200181396387 > > Steve_______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
