Everything is a Victrola because of Victor's superior marketing techniques.
--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> wrote: From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Rigid Arm Victor To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 6:28 PM The real question is how did this guy end up with a rigid arm Victor - he apparently knows nothing about it - hence, the title of the listing: 1902 THE FIRST "VICTOR THE SECOND" VICTROLA PHONOGRAPH Why is EVERYTHING a Victrola??? > From: vinyl.visi...@live.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:17:04 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Rigid Arm Victor > > > $2,357.99 and 28 bids later, the rigid arm Victor E sold... I'm glad I sold > mine a couple of years ago for $3,500. That machine was one of those things > that really makes the OCD behavior go wild. I bought it from an eccentric > collector in pre-eBay days. He had a number of machines, but wouldn't part > with anything. He finally agreed on a trade for that "Victor with the cobbled > up tonearm". I was elated, but didn't show it, however the horn elbow had a > large crack in it and someone had tried to solder it together. It was really > beyond salvage and looked like S#%&. That started a 15 year search for a > replacement original elbow. I finally ran across one that Lynn Bilton had, > but he was pretty fond of it. So, after paying $500 and completing the > machine, I started thinking that if something happened to me, my wife would > probably sell it in a garage sale for $25. Also, it would take an advanced > collector to appreciate a machine that was only made for 6 months, because of a poor d es > ign. Anyway, I really did love that machine, but now that it was complete, > the collector in me took over and I sold it and bought a Symphonion 15" music > box with 36 discs... I have come to the conclusion that ALL collectors of > "stuff" whatever it might be, are addicted to the search for something > different and only the acquisition of something new will satisfy the > addiction. My wife keeps telling me that "I can't take it with me"... so > what, I already know that, I just like it... > > > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:07:34 -0800 > > From: harveykrav...@yahoo.com > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Theodore Roosevelt cylinder > > > > The ebay number is 190489401852. > > Harvey Kravitz > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com> > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 12:16:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Theodore Roosevelt cylinder > > > > > > Harvey, > > How did you find the rigid arm Victor? I searched under everything I could > > think > > of and it didn't come up... maybe that's why it's so cheap. > > Here is another unusual machine that you don't see for sale very often: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Vassos-RCA-Victor-Special-PHONOGRAPH-model-L-/110602410689?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c06adac1 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
