Hi George, I really appreciate your reply and all the other ones. I did not think Edison would allow a phono to leave with no serial number and I really the input from the other George, Allen and John. (Hope I did not leave any one out) Steve > To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:39:53 -0500> From: gpaul2000 at aol.com> > > Steve,> > Allen is right - - unscrupulous retailers occasionally found it in> their best interest to grind off a serial number so the origin of a> particular machine could not be traced. There's nothing else unusual> about this "Home." The nickeled dataplate mounted on top suggests> approx. May-December 1899. John also raises a possibility in that the> machine might have been stolen. No way of knowing, but chances are that> "Home" has had a colorful past. That reminds me of a guitar I bought> back in 1973. I had been looking around for a Rickenbacker electric> 12-string. A friend was buying an amp from a private owner about an> hour from home, and I had gone along for the ride. The seller asked if> anyone was interested in a guitar, and flipped open a guitar case. I> was astonished to see a like-new Rickenbacker 12-string. Cradling it> like a baby, I asked the fellow what he wanted for it, expecting to> hear the usual $500-$700 price of that time. Instead, he replied, "A> hundred." Being nineteen years old, this struck me only as a wonderful> windfall, and I couldn't pay him fast enough. It was not until the next> day when I was searching for its serial number that I discovered three> little divots made by a drill bit to obscure the number. And that,> Warden, is how I began my life of crime... > > > > George Paul> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Steven Medved <steve_noreen at msn.com>> To: Phono-l <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:37 pm> Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number> > > > > > > > > > > George and list,> > Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number?> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200181396387> > Steve_______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________> More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003> _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org