What a story!! I wonder if the dealer ever found out what he did? Did anyone have the heart to tell him?
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:36 AM Subject: [Phono-L] Unbelievable Find For Club Memeber In Virginia > First off, I'd like to share that the CAMPS (Carolina Antique Music > Phonograph Society Members) met in Mooresville, North Carolina yesterday. > Although the > annual show had been canceled, the members met at the home of a fellow > member. What a great turn out! We had several venders attend as well as > many > members bringing many machines, parts, and thousands of records for sale > and swap. > My find of the day was 25 pristine 4-minute cylinders with boxes for > $20.00. > > One of the members shared his incredible story of how he bought a fabulous > phonograph at a real bargain. Here is the story. Hope all readers are > sitting > down... > > The member was in Greensboro, North Carolina several weeks ago and passed > an > antique shop. Having a few minutes to spare, he stopped in and proceeded > to > look around. After plundering and looking, he ran across something that > looked > interesting. Being a new phonograph collector (a record collector for > years > and now in to collecting machines), he spotted what looked to be some kind > of > console phonograph. After looking for a while, the clerk walking past > explained that this was a phonograph cabinet 'of some kind'. The clerk > went on to > say that the item was priced at $135.00 and that the shop had a 20% off > sale for > all items over $100.00. The member told the clerk thanks and that he > wanted > to look at the item a little longer. He was not certain that he really > wanted > this item. The member loved the beautiful brass bell horn, the cabinet > was > beautiful, he thought; and all the parts seemed to be there. Not being > really > familiar with this type of phonograph, the member decided that before he > walked away from this item, he would call a fellow member that was an > expert in the > field of phonographs. The member took his cell phone from his pocket and > called the fellow expert member. The member explained what he had > observed and > wanted to know if the machine would be worth the money and a drive back > home as > he would have to get his trailer. The expert member asked the individual > to > provide, if he could, the name and model number of the machine. When the > individual provided the information, there was silence on both lines for > what > seemed an eternity. The expert member said to please repeat what he had > just said > and the member slowly said the words Victor Auxetophone once again! > > The response from the expert member was, " Buy that machine, and to buy > that > machine NOW!" > > Yes, the member had found an original Victor Auxetophone in beautiful > condition. The final price....$108.00 after the discount given at the > checkout > counter! > > Yes, a truly remarkable story that happened in Greensboro, North Carolina > just only weeks ago. > > A fellow member has already offered this individual $13,000.00 for the > machine. The offer was made sight unseen! The owner has decided to add > this > treasure to his collection and has passed on all offers thus far. > > This just goes to show us that there are still treasures waiting on us > collectors. I > > It's just a shame that the member did not buy a lottery ticket the same > day. > The powerball jackpot was well over $200,000,000.00! > > As always, keep the speed limit at 78...rpm that is! > > Brantley </HTML> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
