This is one expensive phonograph.

[EVBoy]

Noaf.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Berliner-Ra...685?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23233bd37d

 

[audiomagnate]

That one must be very special. They go unsold for under $100 around here.

 

[squirrelnest]

I just threw one of those in the trash....:tears:

 

[mr greg]

44 bids and it's at 12 grand. I wonder if I have one stashed in the attic.

 

[Urchinn]

Ummm...its listed by Nauck Auctions. The most respected auctioneer of rare records...EVER! They don't have to explain why its rare, because the folks who use Nauck KNOW what this victrola is.

 

[cubby01]

That one must be very special. They go unsold for under $100 around here.

I seriously doubt it was the same machine.

One of those 44 bidders should have grabbed it at it's $12,500 BIN price (I think that's what it was) because I don't think it's stopping at $12,000. I believe I saw one in lesser condition go for over $16,000 a while back.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Probably as rare and sought after as a hot air powered phonograph.:yes:

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

I just threw one of those in the trash....:tears:

I seriously doubt if it was a Berliner.

 

[cubby01]

I believe I saw one in lesser condition go for over $16,000 a while back.

Yeah, here it is from March of this year, sold on ebay for $16,500...
http://www.greatestcollectibles.com/berliner-lever-wind-phonograph-circa-1897-1898/

 

[janikphoto]

Yikes!!!

 

[mr greg]

Probably as rare and sought after as a hot air powered phonograph.:yes:

I think you were joking about a hot air powered phonograph, but did you know that many years ago, probably before electricity was common in homes, in London, England, compressed air was sold as a utility. They had a whole array of various appliances that were air powered.
Greg

 

[audiomagnate]

I seriously doubt it was the same machine.

One of those 44 bidders should have grabbed it at it's $12,500 BIN price (I think that's what it was) because I don't think it's stopping at $12,000. I believe I saw one in lesser condition go for over $16,000 a while back.

I'm sure it's not the same machine. This must be the Marantz Nine of Victrolas.

 

[dumptruck]

I think you were joking about a hot air powered phonograph, but did you know that many years ago, probably before electricity was common in homes, in London, England, compressed air was sold as a utility. They had a whole array of various appliances that were air powered.

He wasn't joking, but he wasn't talking about that either. They ran on something like a Stirling engine. There is a thread or two on them somewhere.

 

[Sam Cogley]

There were fans made with similar hot air engines. Very collectible today.

 

[TheRed1]

I had considered trying to find a Berliner gramophone when I was looking for a relic of Washington DC's early audio history but I soon found they were WAY out of my league. I settled for a nice, working 1898 Columbia (as in District of) model Q Graphophone - a fairly common early cylinder player - for a tiny fraction of the price.

Surprisingly, much of the recording industry's earliest history took place in Washington DC - Emile Berliner's gramophone being especially significant:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=276637