Hi,
I couldn't get a thing out of this email, I was wanting to find out if you
had a small table top phonograph with a horn for sale thats what I told the
person I talked to before I got this email. Please answer the email and let
me know if you have a phonograph like this?
Jim
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> 1. Re: early edison home with no serial number ([email protected])
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> 3. Re: early edison home with no serial number (john robles)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:41:10 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: [email protected]
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> 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 ye
>
> ars 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
>
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> George and list,
>
> Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number?
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:25:25 -0600
> From: "George Glastris" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
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> Yes, a number of times I've handled Edison's with the number obliterated
> or
> the patent plate removed.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]>
> To: "Phono-l" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:37 AM
> 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
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:31:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: john robles <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
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> You guys who sell these machines better watch out, or Edison will put you
> on the Suspended Dealer's list... :-)
> John Robles
>
> George Glastris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, a number of times I've handled Edison's with the number obliterated
> or
> the patent plate removed.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Medved"
> To: "Phono-l"
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:37 AM
> 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
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:39:53 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> 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
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:11:15 -0600
> From: "George Glastris" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
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> 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
>>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:48:26 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
> To: [email protected]
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> Ziggy Stardust? Marc Bolan? Sorry - I don't know those comic strips. I was
> a Led Zepplin kind of guy back then. Never did any drugs either, but...I
> still have the guitar.
>
> George Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Glastris <[email protected]>
> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:11 am
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>>?
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>>?
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>>?
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>>?
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>>?
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>>?
>
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