What strikes me is the interior doesn't look good at all. I have had at least 22 Amberola 30s in my career and usually the interiors are a lot nicer than the exteriors.
It is also a later 30 with the gold nameplate which is more common than the earlier ones with the nameplate on the bedplate. The nameplate even has a dent in it. This happens on ebay every once in a while. If you see it go up for sale again shortly after this auction by someone else or the same bidder who claims the winning bidder did not pay, it means that the seller may have had another shill or two falsely bidding it up. Steve On Mar 9, 2008, at 6:37 PM, john robles wrote: > I think there are three factors at play here. The first is that it > has the original silk fabric. I thinka lotta guys dearly want that > original fabric. Second is that it has not been refinished. Thirdly, > and I think this has a lot to do with it, is the seller's > description. The key to a sale on ebay is description. This guy has > ballyhooed his machine as mightily as P.T. Barnum might have. There > you have my two cents. > > Robert Wright <[email protected]> wrote: What am I missing > here? The 30 that Wayne sold me for less than a third > this one's going price is just about as nice! I've never seen a > regular ol' > 30 go for more than $375 or so. What gives? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-EDISON-CYLINDER-PLAYER-AMBEROLA-30-PHONOGRAPH_W0QQitemZ230228557340QQihZ013QQcategoryZ38029QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > > Thanks, > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
