Jim, I am sorry to hear of your story. I do quite a bit of repairs for dealers in this area. I always recommend to them that they should remove the reproducers and cranks from the machines when they are put in their shops and put a sign on the phonograph that these parts are at the desk. It seems that these two items are often stolen from the phonograph. The other reason to remove the crank is to keep the curious people that just want to reminisce from winding up the ol' Victrola. These people have no intention on buying it but can't resist cranking it up. I have repaired a number of machines that worked when they put them in the shop and then the springs get broken. As for the values, you should be able to query the Ebay listings that have sold for current prices.
Ken B. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 5:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Vandalism Just returned from The Antique Gallery in Round Rock, Texas where I rent a stall to sell antique records & the occasional phonograph. All of the dealer's in antique phonographs have had their machines vandalized by theft of soundboxes, reproducers & tone arms. Stolen from my booth were the "gun-metal" finish Diamond Disc Reproducer from an Edison Baby Console Phonograph, the Diamond B Reproducer from an Edison Fireside Model B Phonograph & a Victor No. 2 Soundbox from a Victrola 100. These were shiny & all-original (except for gaskets in the No. 2) in excellent condition & played extremely well, especially the Diamond B. A few months ago a Victor No. 2 Soundbox (which I replaced) from the Victrola 100 & one of its horn door knobs were stolenThe thief did not take two Gold-Plated Diamond Disc Reproducers, one from an A-250 & the other from a C-250. These were less shiny that what was stolen. (I understand that a Diamond Disc Reproducer, a Columbia tone arm with S oundbox & whatever Soundbox was on a Haywood Wakefield wicker upright made for some other company were stolen from other dealers at The Antique Gallery.) I have a replacement for the Victor No. 2 Soundbox (finish not as nice as on one that was stolen) but need to replace the Diamond B & "gun-metal" Diamond Disc Reproducers. And, to report this to Police I would like to know what such all-original excellent sounding Reproducers should be valued at. The manager of The Antique Gallery does not know when these items were taken but they were still there when I was at the Mall about 6 weeks ago. Have they turned up on "E-bay" or "Craigslist?" Let me know if anyone has a good Diamond A & Diamond Disc Reproducer for sale. Thanks! Jim Cartwright Immortal Performances, Inc. [email protected] _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
