Thats it! An ediphone- and I found the exact kind on Ebay-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-EDISON-PROT ... 286.c0.m14

thank you all for the help. I remember the fun hours of fooling aorund with it when I was 10, now I'll have to dig it back up to see it again.

Thanks, Mike

Joe,
Thank you for the feedback. I will check with them about the motor rebuild.
Bob

Joe,

Hey everybody I found it 2 blown fuses behind the box. Arm is working fine now. Im playing oldies all night

Thanks for posting this.

When looking over an ad like this, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where the fraudulent claims are. As noted in the post on the OTVMMB, the seller never claims that it's an authentic (period) tinfoil phonograph, other than the fact that he refers to it as an "attic find." (I guess it could have been sitting in an attic for ten or 20 years.)

Along this line, I noted that the phonograph differs substantially from the photographs of the one made by Goodwin Ive, but as "TinfoilPhono" notes, other parts were used in the construction.

For me, the major issue is whether the seller actually has this in his possession, since as Dan Gilmore pointed out, the photos, themselves, were lifted from another auction website, where the phonograph had, purportedly, been sold. (The additional photo the seller posted proves nothing, since it could have been hosted on the internet, but not used in the earlier auction posting.)

If the eBay seller, himself, had sold the item during that earlier auction, and the sale fell through, then he should state this. (But, if that were the case, then why did he misidentify the phonograph as a dictating machine in the earlier eBay auction, which he, himself, pulled???)

The other "red flag" for me, is the dust and grit all over the phonograph--as if someone had sprinkled the contents of a vacuum cleaner bag all over it to make it look as old as possible. Seems to me, a reputable seller would clean the thing up so people can actually see what they are bidding on!

Bryan@HII wrote:Looking for a specific Magnavox Console series from 1959 to 1961 - the Concert Grand - or Magnavox Imperial models. Some consoles have "Imperial Micromatic" shown on the record changer, but that alone does not make the Imperial series.

Thanks for any leads you may be able to provide.

Bryan

Hello, i'm really new (first time) at this but i think i stumbled onto something that is worth a lot of money. I was cleaning out the basement of this one hundred year old apartment building and i ran accross colored currier and ives darktown prints. I have around twenty five plus and they are all in good condition.

Hi,

I have a 12" Victrola turntable, and should work on your machine. The turntable will need cleaned up, and does have original orange felt.

I am asking...... $ 20.00 plus $ 6.00 postage for it.

E-mail me at: jerrypuckett@yahoo.com

I have a nice Columbia Viva-tonal model 162 for sale on ebay right now!! The machine plays nice and the reproducer has been rebuilt! Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/COLUMBIA-GRAFONOLA-MODEL-162-VIVA-TONAL-PORTABLE_W0QQitemZ300249682048QQihZ020QQcategoryZ38028QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem