Hello all,its time to sell the collection: Phonographs, Phono Accessories
(reproducers/recorders, listening/speaking tubes), Many Edison Records & Record
Cases, Horns, 1940s Wurlitzer 1015 Bubbler Juke Box, Coin-op Swiss 10-song
Music Box, Parts, pinball machines, slot machines, gum ball machine
I would also like to chime in to recommend Steve. He is the only person we
would send our reproducers and recorders to. He does fantastic work, is a joy
to work with and is very reasonably priced. He has worked on countless
reproducers for us and two Edison recorders as well. They all come back
Hello all,
Sorry we have not been able to post as much lately as we have been devoting all
of our time into our new business.
We have started an auction gallery with Melissa as our auctioneer, earlier this
year which is the purpose of this letter. Last Fall, we stumbled into a cache
of 50+ 7" Be
Hello Everyone!
As many of you know, we sent pictures of our Mystery Victor III to the
Victor-Victrola site for a formal appraisal and authentication. The experts on
the site did an amazing job researching our machine and provided us with an
extremely complete appraisal! The appraisal cost was
Hello Everyone and thank you for all of your interest in our records tonight.
Here is an updated list of the records. All of the records that are now sold or
not for sale appear in red. All others are still for sale.
They have been selling fast all evening! :)
If you need the PDF to be sent to
Your pdf did post as it is pulled and linked to another server, works
just fine.
On 09/27/2013 06:54 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> I completely forgot that you can't send attachments through the list. Please
> email me off list and I will be happy to send the PDF to you.
>
> Tha
I completely forgot that you can't send attachments through the list. Please
email me off list and I will be happy to send the PDF to you.
Thank you,
Melissa
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Hello Everyone,
Nick and I have decided to sell most of the 7 inch Berliner
records we bought last month at auction. We have a total of 51 records in nice,
clean playable condition and 5 records with a crack, chip or skip. We have now
listened to each and every record using a modern, light tone a
the horn,.
good will get better. A direct path instead of bouncing around.
Mike
Oldcranky
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Thank you, Andrew!
>
> Steve really is second to none. All of our reproducers sound like the one
> in the video. Loud, clear and beautiful!
about. Or was it the Hokey Pokey? I get
confused...
I'm a pop-up book designer (among other things), so one foot is always in the
publishing world.
My pop-up website is www.popyrus.com.
Best,
Andrew
On Sep 10, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Thank you, Andrew!
>
> Ste
t what you have. The images of the artistic graphics
lurking beneath the gold paint are at once haunting, inspiring and compelling.
Thanks again for sharing your find and taking the time to produce the video and
make it available.
Andrew Baron
Santa Fe
On Sep 9, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Meli
Hi Rick and Stephan,
We felt the exact same way when we first saw the machine. We almost didn't even
bid on it because we were pretty convinced that it was some sort of hand made
frankenphone. It is very curious that a wealthy person would choose a slightly
lower end machine to put such a fancy
Hi Rick and Stephan,
We felt the exact same way when we first saw the machine. We almost didn't even
bid on it because we were pretty convinced that it was some sort of hand made
frankenphone. It is very curious that a wealthy person would choose a slightly
lower end machine to put such a fancy
, that are so rare and have survived more than a century
through questionable practices and poor conditions, have real stories to tell.
Thanks for sharing this one.
Andrew Baron
Santa Fe
On Sep 8, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Here is an update on ou
Hello Everyone,
Here is an update on our Mystery Victor III. First, we would
like to thank everybody who emailed us with advice and help! You are all
wonderful!
We were emailed off list about what we now know we really
have. It turns out that back in the day, Victor made special custom made
cab
I wanted to thank all of you for recommending P B Blaster for getting a stuck
turntable off! As you can see, it worked like a charm! It took an overnight
soaking and all day of tapping with the mallet but we just liberated it from
the Victor III we bought. Now we can get inside that motor, clean
Hi,
Right now we are planning on cleaning them up and enjoying them for awhile. I
think we will end up selling a few of them at some point just because there are
so many. I will let you know when and if we do decide to sell some.
Thanks,
Melissa
From: Vinyl
I didn't take pictures of all the records because there are so many. There are
40 Berliners total but three have damage. We also have 6 Zonophone, 5 Victor, 4
Improved and 1 victor with the nipper label. All of the records are 7 inches.
So actually it is 56 total records.
Thanks,
Melissa
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ach other -- beware that you can bend the spindle if you're
>not careful, even if using only your hands.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Andrew Baron
>Santa Fe
>
>On Aug 29, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
>
>> Hi Harvey,
>>
>> Thanks for your insight! Nick
:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery Phono! Vic 3 or Frankenphone?
I think it's a Vic iii with replaced columns or maybe an hmv cabinet. It has
the right Vic iii design except for the columns.
John Robles
On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
&
Hello Again,
Nick and I also won 54 early 7 inch Berliner, Victor, Zonophone, and Improved
etched records at the auction. We know that some of these can be valuable and
know a little about them but would love an expert opinion on the collection.
Most of the records are Berliner Gramophone recor
ock that was modified by
>the original owner, a dealer, or a handyman. If there are no extra holes in
>the cabinet, I would strip and refinish it. It would be a very unique machine.
Harvey Kravitz
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From: Melissa Ricci
To: Phono-l ; "phonol...@yahoogroups
Hello Everyone,
Last night, Nick an I won an interesting phonograph at a local junk auction.
Someone has spray painted the entire cabinet gold...inside and out! The double
spring motor looks to be from a Victor III, the turntable and the upper works
appear to be from a Victor III and it came wi
ve' always seemed like a upbeat and positive name. It's
not stuffy or too academic and conveys that it's about records, music and
phonographs.
Bill
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 11, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
>
> Just my humble opinion, but I have always liked th
ls short as well.
>>
>> Bruce Peterson - former CAPS/APS president
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On
>> Behalf Of Melissa Ricci
>> Sent:
Well said, Steve! I agree 100%
Melissa
From: "srsel...@aol.com"
To: Phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:37 AM
Subject: [Phono-L] Proposed Merger of MAPS and APS and successor publication
name
I am posting this to both Phonolist and
I think it might be an Arco music box. Someone on Phonolist sent me a link to
one and it is almost exactly what is in the auction.
Thanks for the help.
Melissa
From: "srsel...@aol.com"
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 6:15 PM
Subject: Re
Hello Everyone,
I have come across a very strange music box at a nearby auction. Has anyone
ever seen a music box that plays paper rolls similar to player piano rolls?
There are no identifying marks or numbers anywhere on the piece to help in
it's identification. I know it isn't exactly a phono
Thanks Dennis!
--- On Sat, 4/20/13, Dennis Back wrote:
From: Dennis Back
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] All dolled up! Edison Doll Parts Needed!
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 6:48 PM
Melissa,
I just sent you Charley's contact info offlist.
Dennis
--- On Sat, 4/20/
Hello Everyone,
We just got home from an antiques auction where we won an Edison talking doll!!
She really looks to be in very good condition for being nearly 120 years old.
Unfortunately, she is missing her phonograph.
Her bisque head has no cracks and is stamped 224 on the back. She has all f
I am so sorry that I did not check my email earlier to respond to this quicker.
Steve is the best person, collector and repairman that Nick and I have ever had
the pleasure of working with! He is honest, friendly and incredibly
knowledgeable. When we were brand new to the hobby Steve took us und
Hi John,I can understand your concern as both a collector and occasional
seller. I feel as collectors it is our "unofficial duty" to preserve these
machines as best we can. Unfortunately we end up with machines all over the
house and periodically need to lighten the load. If you really just want
Hello Everyone,
I want to thank you all for the great information and leads to information
about Edison that you have given me. I will certainly use everything I have
learned from all of you to better teach my students! I am sorry I did not get
to respond directly to everyone. I was sick this pa
s good friend Henry Ford
>> he was very anti-Semitic.
>>
>> Both men are viewed as great and in many cases they were-both both had some
>> major flaws.
>> Abe Feder
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
>>
>> Hello Every
Both men are viewed as great and in many cases they were-both both had some
>> major flaws.
>> Abe Feder
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Everybody,
>> > As many of you know, I am a middle school music/band t
mply dismissed it as inferior. And just like his good friend Henry Ford
he was very anti-Semitic.
Both men are viewed as great and in many cases they were-both both had some
major flaws.
Abe Feder
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> As many of you
Hello Everybody,
As many of you know, I am a middle school music/band teacher and I always run a
unit about Edison and the phonograph. We always end the unit by recording on a
wax cylinder.
For the first time in many years, I am teaching two 6th grade general music
classes along with my band cla
We order lost screws from Ron Sitko. I am at work now but I will send you his
phone number this evening. He always has everything and ships very fast!
--- On Wed, 9/19/12, Jim Nichol wrote:
From: Jim Nichol
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] A tale of woe...
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Date: Wednesday
Hi Everyone,
We just put an original Kalamazoo Duplex silk-coved horn on Ebay. We are still
looking to raise some money for our cat. It has a detailed description and
plenty of pictures if anyone is interested.
Here is the link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120987044519?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_
Is that turntable off of a portable!!??
--- On Sun, 9/16/12, Vinyl Visions wrote:
> From: Vinyl Visions
> Subject: [Phono-L] Super, Deluxe, Ultra-Rare, Unusual Crap-O-Phone
> To: "phono-l@oldcrank.org"
> Date: Sunday, September 16, 2012, 3:06 PM
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/RCA-His-Masters-Vic
Here is the video of the Model E for sale. Please note that the machine comes
with an ALL BLACK cygnet horn. The bell in the video is the one for sale but
the wood grained elbow has been replaced with an original black elbow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtMvACQIcI&list=UUNzD7w9KVwXm-x1LuW42
Hello Everybody,
We have some nice machines for sale that we would like to offer to this group
before heading to Ebay.
For sale:
1. Edison Suitcase (square-top) 2-clip Standard Model A rare European model.
Comes with winged model C reproducer and original but repainted/polished black
& brass
Hi Peter,We bought something from him on Jan 31st 2012. I don't remember what
we bought but it certainly was a positive transaction on both ends. Hope this
helps!
Nick & Melissa
--- On Wed, 8/1/12, Peter Fraser wrote:
From: Peter Fraser
Subject: [Phono-L] David Fuller aka brokenflutes on eBay
Hi Ken,
We have an original oak grain cygnet elbow and a black bell. We wouldn't be
opposed to selling it if we could find an original black elbow to complete the
horn. Do you happen to have a black elbow for our black bell?
Melissa and Nick
--- On Fri, 7/6/12, Ken aka: OnATorrent wrote:
> Fr
We just purchased a Columbia Type Q Phonograph. It is missing the base and
reproducer. It is our first Columbia so we know very little about these
machines but are under the impression someone is making reproductions of the
Sears Roebuck fancy base. Does anyone know if this is true? Also looking
Hey Bruce,You have our votes. We would love to have a show in town. Maybe at
the Crown Plaza? Its a stone's throw from Green and they are a good size
facility for a show. The convention center would be way too big.
Nick
--- On Wed, 5/16/12, Jack Whelan wrote:
From: Jack Whelan
Subject: [Phono
Hey Tim,I use North American Van Lines (NAVL) to ship my pinball machines. They
come to the house, wrap it and off it goes. Shipping generally runs between
$300 - $500.Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!
- Nick
--- On Thu, 11/24/11, Tim McCormick wrote:
From: Tim McCormick
Subject: [Phono-L] Can
I would buy one too! I think a book is a great idea, Steve!
Melissa
--- On Mon, 11/7/11, Thatcher Graham wrote:
From: Thatcher Graham
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] RARE Model Triumph - and reproducers
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011, 1:23 PM
I second that motion.
On 1
Hi John,
Nick and I have had great success getting those stubborn screws out with this
easy method. Use the correct size screwdriver which is quite small. Attach a
pair of vise-grips to the screwdriver handle and use the grips to turn the
screwdriver as you apply pressure. It works every time fo
7;t tell by the
bracket, though.The total length for a Victor II arm is 7" long. Good luck,
Harvey Kravitz
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From: Melissa Ricci
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:59 PM
Subject: [Phono-L] Victor II ?
Hi Everyone,
We are in nee
Hi Everyone,
We are in need of the entire back bracket and tone arm for our "new" Victor II.
Below is the link to an Ebay auction for what looks like a II tone arm and
bracket. We were told by Ron Sitko that the Victor II had a specific back
bracket and tone arm. Only a part from a II will fit
Hello Everyone,
The Opera Elbow that so many of you helped us to identify is now on Ebay. Here
is a link to the auction:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120794417206?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_889wt_1398
The item number is # 120794417206 just in case the link is broken.
Thank
rns for radios after they
made phonograph horns. I have a Music Master mahogany horn that uses the same
fitting of the Edison cygnet horn. The bell is 14" in diameter.
Harvey Kravitz
________
From: Melissa Ricci
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Tuesday, October 11,
Hello Andrew,
I just wanted to write to congratulate you on a wonderful post! I thoroughly
enjoyed reading this. It is well written and interesting. You should really
consider submitting this as an article to In the Groove!
Thanks,Melissa
--- On Tue, 10/11/11, Andrew Baron wrote:
From: Andrew
Hi All,
Last week we won a box of phonograph parts along with our Victor II. Most of
them do not look very interesting. However, in the box was included a horn
elbow. I immediately thought it was just the elbow from a radio horn but now we
are wondering if it belongs to an Edison Opera. The pain
s maybe an older
> > > replacement part or poor reproduction and it turns out that is most
> > > likely the case!
> > > The wooden horn sounds fantastic and it is so loud! I am going to post a
> > > video of it playing tomorrow.
> > > The Victor II ne
e tempted to put the work and parts
> > into it to get it running again. Do you think it is worth fixing up or are
> > the parts going to cost more than it is worth eventually? Your opinions are
> > greatly appreciated.
> > Thank you again for all the help and advice!
> &g
k and parts
> into it to get it running again. Do you think it is worth fixing up or are
> the parts going to cost more than it is worth eventually? Your opinions are
> greatly appreciated.
> Thank you again for all the help and advice!
> Melissa
> --- On Mon, 10/3/11, Melissa Ri
again. Do you think it is worth fixing up or are the parts going
to cost more than it is worth eventually? Your opinions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you again for all the help and advice!
Melissa
--- On Mon, 10/3/11, Melissa Ricci wrote:
From: Melissa Ricci
Subject: Re: [Phono-L
ng can assembly move freely?
Ron L
-Original Message-
From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On
Behalf Of Melissa Ricci
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 10:42 PM
To: Phono-l
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question
Is the bull gear attached to the
It is a good idea. We tried raising it and lowering it but there was no
change. Thank you.
Melissa
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Is the bull gear attached to the spring barrel?
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Good guess but nothing is hitting anywhere. The screws that are sticking out do
not contact anything when running. We have checked that very carefully because
that is what we thought it was at first. Thanks.
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1, 9:20 PM
Melissa.
Did you try raising the drive gear for the gov. above center line?
Mike
oldcranky
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hello Everyone!
>
> We were lucky enough to win a nice Victor III at an auction last week. When
> we got it home it was a typi
List"
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 9:20 PM
Melissa.
Did you try raising the drive gear for the gov. above center line?
Mike
oldcranky
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hello Everyone!
>
> We were lucky enough to win a nice Victor III at an auction last wee
Hello Everyone!
We were lucky enough to win a nice Victor III at an auction last week. When we
got it home it was a typical unrestored machine. Covered in old crusty grease
and one governor weight had a broken spring. We took it all apart, cleaned each
part thoroughly and ordered and received
Thanks for clearing that up for me! We have a repeater on our Triumph which is
a completely different design. It is interesting to know they made one just for
the language lessons.
Still doesn't help us find out what our mystery device is though.
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From: Rich
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Standard Auto Stop?
There were many contemporary auto stop rigs. Someone on here should have
an idea of what is missing.
On 08/10/2011 07:05 PM, Melissa Ricci
auto stop rigs. Someone on here should have
an idea of what is missing.
On 08/10/2011 07:05 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> We thought of that also but the holes in the bedplate are threaded and the
> screws look like others we see in the machine, only larger. It was very rusty
> and looked
2011 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Standard Auto Stop?
It has that home made look to it and acts as a pointer. But that is only
a guess.
On 08/10/2011 06:12 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> Thanks for looking. It is very puzzling!
> Melissa
>
>
> _
From: Melissa Ricci
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Standard Auto Stop Video
Hello Everyone,
We are still completely stumped with our apparent auto-stop attachment. We have
taken a video of the machine
function is though.
On 08/10/2011 05:37 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Ok, I can already tell that it did not send it as an actual link but you
> should be able to copy and paste the link into your browser to view the
> video. It is posted on YouTube.
>
> Please email me if it doesn
tique Phonograph List
Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Standard Auto Stop?
I was going to suggest just attaching them and Loran will send them on.
Probably were a bit on the large size so he has to shrink them first.
On 08/06/2011 09:54 PM, Melissa Ricci
suggest just attaching them and Loran will send them on.
Probably were a bit on the large size so he has to shrink them first.
On 08/06/2011 09:54 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> Sorry about that. The link only seems to work on Yahoo's phonolist group. I
> tried to se
mangled apparently and the site requires a
login once link is patched.
On 08/06/2011 08:06 PM, Melissa Ricci wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Thank you for all the info on cleaning brown wax records! I also really
> enjoyed
> reading Shawn's very interesting post. Thanks!
>
> We just fi
Hi Rich,
Sorry about that. The link only seems to work on Yahoo's phonolist group. I
tried to send the pics as attachments directly to Phono-l but I got a message
that they are waiting to be approved by the moderator. Hopefully, the pics and
message will be sent through when the moderator gets t
Hi Guys,
Thank you for all the info on cleaning brown wax records! I also really enjoyed
reading Shawn's very interesting post. Thanks!
We just finished restoring an Edison Standard Suitcase model A. When we
purchased it at auction they said it had an automatic stop attachment which can
be seen o
Wow! That was absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing!
--- On Mon, 7/18/11, harvey kravitz wrote:
From: harvey kravitz
Subject: [Phono-L] Singing bird pistols of 1820
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Date: Monday, July 18, 2011, 6:27 PM
Hi Gang
I tried to forward the message, but the link won't s
me.
Harvey Kravitz
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From: Melissa Ricci
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Mon, July 18, 2011 2:56:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fw: You MUST see this! - Singing bird pistols
Hi Harvey,There is no link on our end and now we really want to see this video.
:)Nick and
Hi Harvey,There is no link on our end and now we really want to see this video.
:)Nick and MelissaNew To Phono-L
--- On Mon, 7/18/11, harvey kravitz wrote:
From: harvey kravitz
Subject: [Phono-L] Fw: You MUST see this! - Singing bird pistols
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Date: Monday, July 18
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