[Phono-L] Re: Round Weight N with 2 minute stylus & Bar

[ClockworkHome at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/2/2009 10:02:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
steve_noreen at msn.com writes:

Does anyone know why this one went so high?

It only takes two bidders to get into a bidding war.  Most likely the two 
were not Edison collectors or they would know the N Reproducer was *never* a 
2 minute reproducer.  So never having seen a 2 minute N, the 'WOW! Here is 
something really rare!' mentalitiy kicks in and away the bidding goes. It 
never occurs to them that reason for such rarity is that Edison never made them.
 
That particular seller is remarkably unknowledgeable about Edison 
slap-together reproducer conglomerations and does not put corrections into the 
descriptions when told of errors.  Bidders had better know their stuff before 
putting in a bid on a Clarence Ferguson 'original old stock reproducer.'  
Clarence was a known conglomerator of parts and did much experimentation so 
anything from his trove must always be suspect.
 
The same goes for a machine eBay recently had with an 'original horn' that 
was a Frick's Freak peach can horn cobbled together about 1970.  It went way 
too high to someone not knowing junk when bidding.  The broken Bond-O seam 
on the horn didn't even slow them down.
 
Too many new collectors do not arm themselves with all of the fine books 
available so as to avoid bogus phonographic collectables.
 
Regards,
 
Al
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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