This one definitely belongs in the Crapophone Museum. What a piece of junk. But the tag would be fun to have.
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <[email protected]> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Define Egregious Fraud > Loran/All, > > Check this out: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300239434762 > > Maybe these have been around and I am the last one to see an example, but > I > haven't seen an example of a "Graphanole" (as shown on the tag). > > RCA, Victor, and Edison on the same machine tag dated Feb 1, 1884. > Eldridge > Johnson was about 17, Sarnoff wasn't born, and RCA wouldn't be formed for > nearly another 35 years, and poor, poor, poor Nipper was just a weaning > pup > whose famous trademark iconic fame was still some 14 years in the future. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
