What a great report, Steven. Thanks so much for sharing it in such detail.
Andrew Baron On Jan 27, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Steven Medved wrote: > > Thanks, Ron, The early buyers and the dealers were provided with Lunch both > days. The first day, Friday, the dealers were set up in the room, no more > parking lot victim to the elements. $20 early buyer you were able to be > there at 7a.m. on Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. on. This year the room > looked full and there was a lot of nice machines. Steve Andersun brought a > Class M with the early seldom seen Automatic reproducer serial number in the > 15,000 range with no lettering on the body. The machine had listening tubes > and a new brown wax cylinder made of a composite material so you could fully > experience the machine. Don Gfell had his wonderful display and brought his > brother, an antique dealer with him. Don sold a nice Victor VI with mahogany > horn to a man living in Orlando who is beginning to collect and was helped > out by people at the show with the other questions he had. Don's horn > display is worth the price of admission. Don also has a seldom seen late > dome top Model O reproducer. The Rolfs were there with the books they have > written and their usual display that is so well done you would not know it > began as a flat table. The Rolfs table is a very cheerful place to visit. > Rob Mallet was there, another nice person to talk with and visit his display > as well. Jean Paul Agnard and his wife were there along with Charlie Hummel, > it is amazing how much Charlie fits in those two airline bags. The famous > Bob Cole - Richard Brown tables and floor machines were in their normal > corner. Harry Ruer stopped by and it was so very wonderful to see him. The > Orlando show is not the largest, but it is the most friendly. Harry, Bob, > and Richard has done an excellent job of creating a user friendly show that > is wonderful to visit. All the dealers I asked were happy. Ron Sitko was > there with his wife, my wife enjoyed talking with Ron's Sitko's wife Carole, > Harry Ruer, Bob, Richard, and Ron Haring among others. The world famous > nice guy Gregg Cline was there doing a live demonstration on how to install > his decals on an Opera that was graciously donated by Richard Brown for the > show and tell. Gregg makes his decals to look hand painted, he has 17, yes > 17 different corners for the Triumph. On eBay I recently saw two triumphs > that looked mint to me, they were Cline decals. Is it mint or is it Cline? > Some people want his name in mico letters so they can tell. When you shellac > over his decals you have a protected decal that look like the ladies in the > Edison factory painted them on. Kevin Boerma had some very nice machines, I > purchased a rare late 2 minute recorder with the same holder as the four > minute from around 1913 for $50. He had a nice Toy Berliner. I spent the > whole day talking with people so I did not get a chance to write down all the > machines that were there. I got to see a large outdoor roller organ that had > amazing volume. With my poor memory for names I cannot list all the sellers > who were there. Russ Bruning was there with a repro Berliner reproducer for > $100 from the 70's or 80's. The weather was very nice and the door being so > close to the dealer parking makes it easy to move the machines in and out. > There was a lot of cylinder and disc records there. Ron Haring had 5, yes 5 > Edison dealer sample records and Charlie Hummel has the limited 100 count > record he made of a DD that was made in 1912 to introduce the machines to the > customers, three are known to exist. NEWS FLASH CELEBRITY WATCH: TIM > FABRIZIO WAS THERE. He did not have a table but he was there to visit us, > what a wonderful treat. Edison created the phonograph, Harry, Bob and > Richard created the best show. We did not expect it to be better this year, > but it was. Last year is was so nice we did not think it could be any > better, but it was. Next year we expect it to be even better, that is where > you come in. Make plans to visit us. The hotel is near to the attractions > and who would not want to thaw out in January if you live up north. This > year I spent around $800 on books, records, reproducer parts and the > recorder. I was very pleased, there were bargains at the show along with > some very nice people on both sides of the dealer tables. I enjoyed this > show immensly, I am looking forward to next year. Steve > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:43:02 -0500 > Subject: Re: [phonolist] Orlando show report > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would definitely say that Steve's report on the Orlando Antique > > Phonograph Show is accurate . The meeting hall was pretty much full with > dealer and > > collector tables full of all kind of merchandise for sale. One of the > > dealers mentioned that he sold about 400 records as well as many other odds > and > > ends. I did, indeed, have the best sales ever for this show this past > > week-end and was very pleased with the attendance and activity there at the > > show. I had to delay finishing eating my lunch until about 2pm, (which was > also > > provided free of charge by the show promoters for the dealers both days) > > since I was too busy demonstrating machines to eager shoppers. The set-up > > location has very easy access to the unloading area, so everything goes very > > smooth and without any hassles or rush. It's a very layed back and relaxing > > show to participate in and even more so down in sunny, warm Florida! I had > > a great time, as always and thanks to everyone that participated in > > attending the show and especially to the show promoters who bend over > backwards > > to see that everyone who attends walks away with a great experience! Ron > > Haring > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > > > > Reply via web post > > > > Reply to sender > > > > Reply to group > > > Start a New Topic > > > Messages in this topic > (1) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Recent Activity: > > > > > > Visit Your Group > > > > > > > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us > Feedback > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
