I also have a brown bed plate and gear cover on my Amberola V. Mine is in an oak case. There is no evidence that my bed plate has been refinished. stan stanford Portland ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Maeder" <appywander at hotmail.com> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:46 AM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Amberola V Cabinet Were Amberola V's ever produced with a brown bed plate and gear covers? I have one that is a medium brown as opposed to maroon. I would swear the finish and striping are original. It is in a mahogany case. John > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:44:06 -0800 > From: antqflea at yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Amberola V Cabinet > To: phono-l at oldcrank.org > > This story is what makes collecting so interesting, one collectors joy, is > someone else's I'll pass to expensive. If we all liked the same thing it > would get very crowded and probably expensive. > Since my traveling partner and I were the ones that passed on the > machine two years in a row we are, and have been interested in why this > machine was so special that it commanded a premium price. My partner said > that he owned two or three of the V's with the 50/75 mech, and had been > looking for a nice one that had the fancy mech with the brown painted bed > plate. Are the V's with the plain 50/75 mech really more desirable and > do they command a premium price?? > Apparently we have erroneously thought for a few years that the Iowa > sun , the chase and then the thrill of just finding something out there in > the wild may have fogged Jerry's good senses. I guess we were wrong?? > > > > DeeDee Blais <deedeeblais at yahoo.com> wrote: > Sorry, but I don't have a spare Amberola V cabinet but > I have another story... On my way driving from Oregon > to Union at few year ago, I stopped at an antique shop > and found what appeared to be a typical Amberola V. I > opened the lid and was surprised to find an Amberola > 50 type mechanism cleanly and without modification > installed in the case. I closed the lid and quickly > came to an agreeable price with the dealer. When I > arrived at Union, I was talking to another collector > that made the drive. I told him of my find and he > said that he'd seen that same machine for the last > couple of trips. I smiled and thought to myself, > thanks for passing on it. Can you tell me why I was > so pleased? Jerry Blais > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org