And $4,285 is not far down from what a basket case Opera will bring. That one was still a pig - with lipstick. Who ever bought it has a lot of work to do to just get it back to what it should be.
Barry Kasindorf wrote: > There were also wrong pictures on the net. > I was there, the Vic VI was junk, and many of the other machines had > issues that you could not see well from the pictures.The Opera's > bedplate was re-painted (not by taite), the case was refinished, and the > was not that great. Many others were refinished or common machines not > worth paying the shipping. There were some very nice rare machines > there, but not as many as other auctions at Skinner. Plus 20% BP and 5% tax. > > The clocks there went 50% over pre-estimates, some by 2X so it was not a > publicity thing, just that phonos are down and clocks are up, and the > top top stuff still gets the $$ and the mid and common stuff is way down. > > -Barry > > > Jim Nichol wrote: >> That's the same thought I had. How can they expect good bids on >> unknown items? >> >> Jim >> >> On Aug 24, 2008, at 3:29 AM, ClockworkHome at aol.com wrote: >> >>> There were "10 Edison Reproducers"... but what were they? >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
