If I manage to pick up an extra machine from time to time for to sell a my annual yardsale, or at the local Historical Society Harvest fair, I never look to make a killing on it, but sell it at a reasonable price to try and encourage new collectors to get involved in the hobby, or an experanced collector who may have been looking for a particular machine that I aquired.. I always include 100 78 rpm records and a startup supply of steel needles, along with a general printout of guidelines for the care and maintanance of the machine.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <waltsomm...@comcast.net> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor IX > Finding machines in the condition you describe Bruce is always a great > pleasure (regardless of price - but you certainly did well). > > Since there were nearly 600,000 of the IXs manufactured, it does seem like > a > bunch of them should still be around. I believe that Americans threw much > more than 10% of them to the landfills and fire pits, but it is good to > see > them still commonly available nevertheless. I imagine that Paul Edie's > ongoing efforts to compile data based on actual units in the field might > one > day help us take a reasonable stab at just how many of each Victrola still > lives on. > > Wanna bet you won't sell that machine for $300? <wink> > > Walt > > -----Original Message----- > From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at > oldcrank.org] > On > Behalf Of BruceY > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:49 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor IX > > I just purchased a beautiful all original Victor IX (with legs), clean as > a > whistle inside and out complete with several extras including a like new > "Dustoff" record cleaner and some new/old stock unopened needle > packs(medium > > tone Gilt edge by Bagshaw,Victrola tungstone,and Brilliantone.) This was > from private party who contacted by email, and offered the whole package > to > me for $125.00. From the number of Victor IX's I see on ebay and > craiglist, > I am almost convinced that 90% of everyone mfg. by the Victor Talking > Machine Co., still exists. > > Bruce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Wright" <esroberto at comcast.net> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor IX > > >> Agreed, I think there's a difference between "what someone could get for >> it" >> and "what one of us would pay for it". >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "john robles" <john9ten at pacbell.net> >> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor IX >> >> >>>I myself am iffy on the price question. If you are selling them for >>>$550-$650 out of your shop (which I assume is an antique shop) those >>>sales >>>are probably to the average public who browse in antique shops and who >>>are >>>not knowledgeable as to the commonality of those machines, I think the >>>valuation of $300 is specific to machines sold between collectors. While >>>it >>>is true that $550-$650 may be a fair price, that machine IS common and >>>collectors usually want to buy something with a margin that they can >>>resell >>>it for someday, so the average collector is looking for a lower price >>>than >>>retail. And some of us are just cheap. :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1575 - Release Date: 7/26/2008 > 4:18 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
