[Phono-L] Wanted - John Burke, Irish Tenor recordings...

2011-06-20 Thread Graham Newton
Hello All... I'm Looking for more information and recordings by:- John Burke, Irish Tenor, recorded in 1920 and 1921. (the name and dating is correct from family) Two known recordings apparently are:- MOLLY BRANNIGAN B/W LOW BACK'D CAR LABEL..TRIANGLE #33075 78RPM RECORDED IN 1920 GOD MADE I

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread Rich
The way it was listed would make it difficult for most of the people with the advanced knowledge to know what it was to find it. I would suspect the number of individuals who would recognize it as a early coin-op mechanism is not large and the portion of that population who are sufficiently com

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread Albert Menashe
How much would a nice working Eclipse sell in this market? Thanks Al On 6/20/11, richard_ru...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > > > > I'd say he got a major windfall anyway. How much do you think he paid for > it to begin with? The starting price was $9.99; I bet he would have made > money even if it

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread richard_rubin
I'd say he got a major windfall anyway. How much do you think he paid for it to begin with? The starting price was $9.99; I bet he would have made money even if it had sold for that. I'm sure he was deliriously happy with the outcome. I doubt any picker -- or anyone without a great deal

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high - Eclipse works

2011-06-20 Thread clockworkhome
What worries me is that the buyer has a low rating and may not know what he or she has won. I contacted the seller and told the seller what the item was after the sale was over. I did tell him he could have doubled his final bid if he had not called the item an Edison Record Player! He has n

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread Bruce
It belongs to an Eclipse coin-op Bruce -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Steven Medved Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:13 PM To: Phono-l; phonolist Subject: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high http://cgi.ebay.com/

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread Rich
This is what happens when these pickers fail to do even any basic research. They miss out on a major windfall. I have a very early business machine sitting over here with one of those type motors in it. On 06/20/2011 06:40 AM, bruce78...@comcast.net wrote: I bet you could have knocked the sell

Re: [Phono-L] Why did this go so high

2011-06-20 Thread bruce78rpm
I bet you could have knocked the seller over with a feather, after the final bidding !! He obviously would be even more in shock, if he knew what the ultimate potential value of his little hunk of worthless iron and strange looking parts actually is. - Original Message - From: clockwor