First off, I'd like to share that the CAMPS (Carolina Antique Music Phonograph Society Members) met in Mooresville, North Carolina yesterday. Although the annual show had been canceled, the members met at the home of a fellow member. What a great turn out! We had several venders attend as well as many members bringing many machines, parts, and thousands of records for sale and swap. My find of the day was 25 pristine 4-minute cylinders with boxes for $20.00.
One of the members shared his incredible story of how he bought a fabulous phonograph at a real bargain. Here is the story. Hope all readers are sitting down... The member was in Greensboro, North Carolina several weeks ago and passed an antique shop. Having a few minutes to spare, he stopped in and proceeded to look around. After plundering and looking, he ran across something that looked interesting. Being a new phonograph collector (a record collector for years and now in to collecting machines), he spotted what looked to be some kind of console phonograph. After looking for a while, the clerk walking past explained that this was a phonograph cabinet 'of some kind'. The clerk went on to say that the item was priced at $135.00 and that the shop had a 20% off sale for all items over $100.00. The member told the clerk thanks and that he wanted to look at the item a little longer. He was not certain that he really wanted this item. The member loved the beautiful brass bell horn, the cabinet was beautiful, he thought; and all the parts seemed to be there. Not being really familiar with this type of phonograph, the member decided that before he walked away from this item, he would call a fellow member that was an expert in the field of phonographs. The member took his cell phone from his pocket and called the fellow expert member. The member explained what he had observed and wanted to know if the machine would be worth the money and a drive back home as he would have to get his trailer. The expert member asked the individual to provide, if he could, the name and model number of the machine. When the individual provided the information, there was silence on both lines for what seemed an eternity. The expert member said to please repeat what he had just said and the member slowly said the words Victor Auxetophone once again! The response from the expert member was, " Buy that machine, and to buy that machine NOW!" Yes, the member had found an original Victor Auxetophone in beautiful condition. The final price....$108.00 after the discount given at the checkout counter! Yes, a truly remarkable story that happened in Greensboro, North Carolina just only weeks ago. A fellow member has already offered this individual $13,000.00 for the machine. The offer was made sight unseen! The owner has decided to add this treasure to his collection and has passed on all offers thus far. This just goes to show us that there are still treasures waiting on us collectors. I It's just a shame that the member did not buy a lottery ticket the same day. The powerball jackpot was well over $200,000,000.00! As always, keep the speed limit at 78...rpm that is! Brantley </HTML> From [email protected] Sun Mar 16 10:02:17 2008 From: [email protected] (john robles) Date: Sun Mar 16 10:02:39 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Unbelievable Find For Club Memeber In Virginia In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> What a great story. I love hearing stories like this, it keeps me searching!! John Robles [email protected] wrote: First off, I'd like to share that the CAMPS (Carolina Antique Music Phonograph Society Members) met in Mooresville, North Carolina yesterday. Although the annual show had been canceled, the members met at the home of a fellow member. What a great turn out! We had several venders attend as well as many members bringing many machines, parts, and thousands of records for sale and swap. My find of the day was 25 pristine 4-minute cylinders with boxes for $20.00. One of the members shared his incredible story of how he bought a fabulous phonograph at a real bargain. Here is the story. Hope all readers are sitting down... The member was in Greensboro, North Carolina several weeks ago and passed an antique shop. Having a few minutes to spare, he stopped in and proceeded to look around. After plundering and looking, he ran across something that looked interesting. Being a new phonograph collector (a record collector for years and now in to collecting machines), he spotted what looked to be some kind of console phonograph. After looking for a while, the clerk walking past explained that this was a phonograph cabinet 'of some kind'. The clerk went on to say that the item was priced at $135.00 and that the shop had a 20% off sale for all items over $100.00. The member told the clerk thanks and that he wanted to look at the item a little longer. He was not certain that he really wanted this item. The member loved the beautiful brass bell horn, the cabinet was beautiful, he thought; and all the parts seemed to be there. Not being really familiar with this type of phonograph, the member decided that before he walked away from this item, he would call a fellow member that was an expert in the field of phonographs. The member took his cell phone from his pocket and called the fellow expert member. The member explained what he had observed and wanted to know if the machine would be worth the money and a drive back home as he would have to get his trailer. The expert member asked the individual to provide, if he could, the name and model number of the machine. When the individual provided the information, there was silence on both lines for what seemed an eternity. The expert member said to please repeat what he had just said and the member slowly said the words Victor Auxetophone once again! The response from the expert member was, " Buy that machine, and to buy that machine NOW!" Yes, the member had found an original Victor Auxetophone in beautiful condition. The final price....$108.00 after the discount given at the checkout counter! Yes, a truly remarkable story that happened in Greensboro, North Carolina just only weeks ago. A fellow member has already offered this individual $13,000.00 for the machine. The offer was made sight unseen! The owner has decided to add this treasure to his collection and has passed on all offers thus far. This just goes to show us that there are still treasures waiting on us collectors. I It's just a shame that the member did not buy a lottery ticket the same day. The powerball jackpot was well over $200,000,000.00! As always, keep the speed limit at 78...rpm that is! Brantley _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
