Could be, these are not that common being made from 1930 to 1933.
> From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:41:40 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
