Thanks Bob. I just found a source for a very nice repro Mandrel. It's John Paul Agnard in Canada. He sells them for $75.00 American $. Now all I need is 14 inch aluminum horn and I am in business. As luck would have it, and it was completely by luck, I was looking at a common VV-100 for some folks who said they wanted one, and the owner, who id clearing out a lot of items she accumulated from years of obsessive yard sale madness, said she had a Graphophone for sale and would I like to see it.She bought about 10 years ago, played it a couple times, put it up on a shelf and never played it again. I expected one of the more common ones, and again "as luck would have it" It turned out to be an AB (MacDonald). and that was all here in my little home Town down here in South eastern Massachusetts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Price for a Columbia AB McDonald
> Hi Bruce, > I don't know how you find so many goodies. I think a complete AB > McDonald with both mandrels is worth about 1200 to 1500 dollars. A > Columbia > model B in good shape goes for about $400. Therefore, without the larger > mandrel and the correct aluminum horn I would say the one you are looking > at > would be worth between $700 and $1000. Obviously, I would pay little more > If I had a source for the larger mandrel. You might check with the > dealers > on this list to see if a mandrel is available and what it costs. I don't > think anyone makes a reproduction mandrel. We have an excellent machinist > in > the mocaps group and I bet he could turn one for you. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BruceY" <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> > To: <Phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Cc: <phonolist at yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:39 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Price for a Columbia AB McDonald > > >>I have a chance to buy a Columbia AB (MacDonald) Graphophone in excellent >>condition. It does not have the large slip on Mandrel to play the Concert >>Cylinders, but everything else is there, and cabinet is in beautiful >>shape, >>and it is in running condition. Serial Number is early in the run 752110. >>There is a strange little 10" by 4" wide black horn that comes with it >>which I think is probably off market. What sort of price would you >>estimate >>this AB (MacDonald) would be fair?? I looked on ebay and none have sold in >>the past month or so. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Bruce >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1546 - Release Date: 7/11/2008 >> 6:47 AM >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
