Am I the only one who thinks that it is likely that some dealer decided to put an "Al Jolson" tag on this machine and sell it as an Al Jolson Model in the 1930s? If so, maybe there are more of them. ---Art Heller In a message dated 12/26/2012 8:12:17 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Harvey, for that starting price - $3,500 or buy it now - $5,000, you would have to be a sucker to pay that for a portable Victrola. Without any real documentation, the claim is invalid and even if it was Al Jolson's would you pay that for a portable? How about Elvis' electric RCA portable or Gladys Knight's Sony Walkman? > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:11:31 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > I have seen this machine in other phonograph forums. I think it is a fake and I'd hate to see some be suckered into a purchase. > Harvey Kravitz > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 5:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > Hello Tim, I did not know he entertained the troops after 1940, I sent the link in the event someone else was like me. The thought of a major star using a ten year old portable is very funny to me. In my mind I see him lip syncing to his mammy song and his special assistant winding the victrola changing the needle after each record. You should write a book on all the personally owned items. Thanks so much, Steve > > To: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:46:09 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > > Of course Al Jolson entertained the troops in the 1940s. But if you think he was carrying around a 10-plus-year-old portable Victrola, then I guess he wasn't getting paid the kind of money his staredom would have merited. (Not getting paid to entertain the troops, but getting paid from his other entrainment activities to be able to afford a new Victrola.) > > > > TF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > > To: phono-l <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 7:37 pm > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinJgcJQhII > > > > http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-NA001477.jpg?size=67&uid=dbb4b702-f7fe-420c-aa83-03a587d44190 > > > > Looks like he had a live piano player. > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > From: [email protected] > > > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:27:22 -0500 > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > > > > > > > What troops, exactly, was Al Jolson entertaining? We were not at war > > 1919-1941, and had relatively small armed forces during that period. > > > > > > If I told you the number of Edison Phonographs and other objects that were > > "personally owned" by Thomas Edison over the past 43 years, you'd be surprised > > --- or not! > > > > > > Tim Fabrizio > > > phonophan > > > PO Box 747 > > > Henrietta, NY 14467 > > > > > > TEL 585 582 1586 > > > Web site: www.phonophan.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > > > To: phono-l <[email protected]>; phonolist <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 5:29 pm > > > Subject: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/AL-JOLSONS-VICTOR-2-65-ORTHOPHONIC-VICTROLA-/181049044024 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
