I was contacted by a woman who has two VV IXs to sell. One is an earlier version, footless, a version C with the female crank. It looks like it is mahogany. It is all there and working. Case is in very nice shape although allegatored. It sits on a great matching record cabinet that, to me at least, curiously opens from the long side rather than what would be the front of the machine. There is a Vic 2 on a gold elbow sitting loose in this machine.
The second IX is a version G, also in nice shape. The wood looks a little lighter and more like walnut but I don't think it is. It also is complete, working and in nice shape. She is not sure what she wants for the machines and has a local paper's syndicated Antiques column with a common looking Victrola upright valued by the column author at $1000! I don't know if I've convinced her yet that the author was greatly mistaken about that one. If anyone is interested in these machines, which are in Mansfield, MA, please contact me off list. Thanks, Ron L
