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Drum table record player

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Cool. I don't think I would play anything on it but it is very neat. I love the speaker doors.
 
The top needs some serious work and with that inlay, it would really be an expensive restore which it badly needs.

I think possession would be the maj/only factor in wanting this piece for a person with deep pockets.

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Quadman2 said:
The top needs some serious work and with that inlay, it would really be an expensive restore which it badly needs.

I think possession would be the maj/only factor in wanting this piece for a person with deep pockets.

Q
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Condition looks fine to me, everything is intact. Veneer needs to be dusted/cleaned, maybe hit with some wood restorer in some spots but the leather top would be something to use a mild cleaner plus leather conditioner but otherwise not touch because it's original and its condition isn't too bad IMO. It does look like it might be lifting in some spots but probably not worth the risk of pulling it to redo the glue. I have a desk with an original leather top in worse shape and I'm not going to replace it, but it's French Empire so it's quite amazing it's survived after 200+ years. The real thing that would keep it from being worth a ton is the fact that it's not that old, but at the same time, record players didn't exist when drum tables were originally all the rage (late 18th, early 19th centuries). It looks like a quality take on the style though with less brass work than many examples. Had it been just a table, I could see it valued at ~$1200, no clue once you add in the record player but the typical collector probably wouldn't care for it. I also have a Louis XVI desk that I'm selling that while it's not a period piece, it's an incredible quality reproduction and therefore worth some money but still only a fraction of a period one.
 
It looks in nice original condition to me, I would say the year is 1948-49 based on the model of the Webster-Chicago record changer.
 
Don't want to be a naysayer, but you'd have to see it in person. The leather can be brought back to a degree, but there's some perm scuffs in it.

As already mentioned, the electro mod to the table would lower the price substantially for a collector.

Q
 
Just basing on audiodogster who commented on it being 200 years old (French Empire), and even Edison's music machine was way after that.

Q
 
I would be curious as to whom exactly they believe their buyer is other than a museum for obscure audio system WAF/concealment techniques?
 
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