Here is the owners response to my polite heads up. I am not sure what you mean by a "heads up." Assuming you are right, which I am fine with since I don't know what it is, are you suggesting that I have misrepresented the piece? The description clearly states that I do not know and am only going on fragments of information from similar items, so I hope that is clear to all. I mean, when I honestly say I have limited knowledge and it may or may not be what I have found in an amateur search, I'm not sure what sort of heads up I need about it. Bidding seems very strong so far, so all I can say is that you must know something that neither I nor others seem so know. If any cobbling was done, it sure looks to me that it would have been done in the early twentieth century, and I have a very good knowledge of what recently screwed with antiques look like. The cabinet seems very clean, but it also has tell-tale signs of age in the right spots. I appreciate the opinion and I certainly hope that you will NOT bid given your view, and I w ill save this email to that effect just in case. Defintely no offense taken for asking what you thought about the piece--that would be silly. I have no reason to doubt your expertise. Anyway, we'll see what the "crapophone" does, I guess. I'm happy to help with any specific questions you or other have in the meantime.
----- Original Message ----- From: "DanKj" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:31:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Phono-L] [phonolist] Oxford Jr. Phonograph?? Utter CRAPophone, yep ! Love the phillips screws on the fake name plate & the Home Depot copper elbow. egads. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Phonolist" <[email protected]>; "Phono-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: [phonolist] Oxford Jr. Phonograph?? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200365874976&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 > > > > What in the world is this? The Oxford Jr. is suppose to be actually a > Columbia Model AP Cylinder type Graphophone at least that is what shows up > in my Sears 1908 Catalogue. The Machine on Ebay even has a round > Identifying plate with a patent date of 1904, I don't believe Sears used > the Oxford name for its machines and records until a few years later. Also > look at the name on the reproducer, it is not Columbia. Are we looking at > some sort of weird Craponola here?? > > Bruce >> mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [email protected] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
