[Phono-L] Triumph on eBay

John Maeder appywander at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 4 16:07:52 PST 2008


Last night I told my wife that while everyone was watching the Superbowl (I'm not a sports fan), I was going shopping on eBay.  In my search, I found a magnificent unrestored but clean Model F Triumph that had been listed just a short time earlier.  It had an oak cygnet horn, O reproducer, and sat on its original drawer-front cylinder cabinet with carved claw feet that was chock full of assorted cylinders.  I saw at least one maroon opera box in a photo of one of the open drawers.  Something highly unusual . . . the umbrella signature/Trade Mark decal that is typically on the front carriage support casting was instead affixed to the rear casting!  The whole shooting match had a Buy It Now of $3500.  I told my wife I was buying something on eBay.  She asked, "What?"  I replied, "I'll tell you as soon as I hit the Buy It Now button."  I hit the button, the page reloaded and . . . I wasn't the buyer!!!  Someone else must have hit it a second ahead of me.  It took me a couple of hours to get over my disappointment.  Did anyone happen to see that beautiful Triumph?  The seller was unwilling to ship, so on the bright side, it saved me a trip to New Jersey!    John


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