Here's one expensive phonograph

[EVBoy]

Check this out. Noaf.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EDISON-BETT...665?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e3cc26a1

 

[bowtie427ss]

Just the horn is an incredible piece of steam bent woodwork, and is probably at least 1/3 of the value by itself.

 

[willygreen]

Yeah, but it plays SACD's.

 

[hugo454]

incredible

 

[bowtie427ss]

It plays Pink Lambert cylinders.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=pink+lambert+record&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

When phonographs were hot, it wasn't unusual for those cylinders to fetch over 500 each.

 

[Bstable]

I hope the seller remembered to take the counterweight off before he shipped

 

[Fran604g]

Beautiful...:drool:

 

[audiomagnate]

The amount of disposable income out there right now is staggering. We need to give them all free subscriptions to Barter Town.

 

[Ths364]

My disposable income might cover the shipping...

 

[audiomagnate]

...which is only $500 for a small player. To prove my point, a Francis Bacon painting just sold for $142,405,000. Don't get me wrong, I loves my bacon, but this seems a little over the top.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Note that the phonograph was in Spain, and is not likely coming to the USA.

 

[Fran604g]

The amount of disposable income out there right now is staggering. We need to give them all free subscriptions to Barter Town.

Think they would lower themselves to lurking? Lol j/k

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[squirrelnest]

Wow...I'm to late to bid on this!

 

[Jeff M]

My highlight of the week was getting new tires for my truck.

 

[Fran604g]

OH! It's motor is electric. Cool. Quite the gizmo!

It must have been one of THE most advanced sound systems of it's time.

 

[Arkay]

That is an extraordinarily fine Edison, and it must be rarer than hen's teeth. Any collector would LOVE to have that one!

Still, that price is a bit mind-boggling. Makes the several thousand bucks someone was asking for (a different, lesser-model in poorer condition) one here seem a little less ludicrous than it seemed at the time.

 

[audiomagnate]

That is an extraordinarily fine Edison, and it must be rarer than hen's teeth. Any collector would LOVE to have that one!

Still, that price is a bit mind-boggling. Makes the several thousand bucks someone was asking for (a different, lesser-model in poorer condition) one here seem a little less ludicrous than it seemed at the time.

Asking that kind of money for anything around here is usually pretty pointless, if not ludicrous.

 

[Fran604g]

So, after doing some much needed reading and revisiting my own small collection of Talking Machines, I realize what makes this machine so desirable.

Anyone else here collect Talking Machines?

 

[sony6060]

$51K and it is only mono........