270209025105 Finish looks a bit weathered and the metal parts look rusty.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Triumph on eBay > Can you tell us the item number so we can do a search and see it? .org From [email protected] Mon Feb 4 20:36:17 2008 From: [email protected] (George Glastris) Date: Mon Feb 4 20:43:41 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Triumph on eBay In-Reply-To: <000001c8679e$74ff4800$6401a...@gap> References: <000001c8679e$74ff4800$6401a...@gap> Message-ID: <f185d7434604444ea79eab2efcd81...@glastrispc> I once had a Triumph G with the signature on the back as well. I wouldn't be surprised if someone at the factory was new, was told to put the decals on a batch but not where, did it, and they couldn't be bothered fixing it! Since sales were so low they just left them the way they were. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pisano" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:26 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Triumph on eBay >I believe it is ebay # 270209025105. Any guesses as to why the Edison > signature is on the back? > > > > > > > > Can you tell us the item number so we can do a search and see it? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Maeder" <appywander at hotmail.com > <http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l> > > To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org > <http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l> >> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:07 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Triumph on eBay > > > > Last night I told my wife that while everyone was watching the Superbowl > (I'm not a sports fan), I was going shopping on eBay. In my search, I > found > > a magnificent unrestored but clean Model F Triumph that had been listed > just > > a short time earlier. It had an oak cygnet horn, O reproducer, and sat on > its original drawer-front cylinder cabinet with carved claw feet that was > chock full of assorted cylinders. I saw at least one maroon opera box in > a > photo of one of the open drawers. Something highly unusual . . . the > umbrella signature/Trade Mark decal that is typically on the front > carriage > support casting was instead affixed to the rear casting! The whole > shooting > > match had a Buy It Now of $3500. I told my wife I was buying something on > eBay. She asked, "What?" I replied, "I'll tell you as soon as I hit the > Buy It Now button." I hit the button, the page reloaded and . . . I > wasn't > the buyer!!! Someone else must have hit it a second ahead of me. It took > me a couple of hours to get over my disappointment. Did anyone happen to > see that beautiful Triumph? The seller was unwilling to ship, so on the > bright side, it saved me a trip to New Jersey! John > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
