I've been reading this thread and the seller is a long time customer of mine. Along with well written Ebay listings and good photos he is extremely honest and will bend over backwards for his customers. If I remeber correctly this machine went to an international buyer and first thing the fellow did was over wind it and break the main spring. I ended up repairing this at no charge to the customer including a couple of other minor things discovered when I received it. The seller took care of all costs.
While I can not speak for all his machines this one was original. While I do know the origin of it, I will not make it my business to say where it came from other than it was a fairly recent acquisition for the seller and the auction did not have any "Never, never land bids". At least nothing that the seller had anything to do with. If all sellers were as honest and straight forward as this fellow I personally would still be buying on Ebay today. There is"junk" being peddled on Ebay with poor descriptions and photos. I just had another of these Ebay purchases from another unfortunate Ebay buyer last week in my shop. Thank you, George Vollema Great Lakes Antique Phonograph Newaygo MI 49337-8556 www.victroladoctor.com ----- Original Message ----- From: harvey kravitz To: Antique Phonograph List Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] $6100.01 Edison Standard Phonograph I also followed this auction. I made a couple of posts in another forum on this topic. I can't believe how high this went. I can't sell a Standard for $300.00. Go figure. That seller must be laughing all the way to the bank. For that kind of money, you can get an Edison Opera.or a Victor VI. Harvey Kravitz ________________________________ From: Jay Horenstein <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 6:42:12 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] $6100.01 Edison Standard Phonograph I didn't watch this auction......why did it command such a high price? On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Tim Gray <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow! At least I know it was a honest auction. I have bought a couple of > nice machines from the seller. I live 30 minutes from him and picked them > up. He allowed me to see some of his other machines and big radio > collection. his items are always very nice and they bring better than > average prices. Tim > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=190474888084 > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
