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Antique Gramaphone need help

  • 19-09-2013 12:59pm
    #1
    brianregan09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys looking for some advice here, Apologies if its in the wrong place but my mother in Law has an old Gramophone and is thinking of selling it

    I'm just wondering what would be the best way to go about it, don't really want to put it on adverts or Facebook as we want her to get the proper value for it
    Its still works and is hismastersvoice make it looks like this can put up a pic of our one if needs be

    hmv.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    chopper6
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭chopper6


    Looks very like a repro from india...


  • #3
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    A pic of the item concerned would be useful as there are indeed a lot of repros about. :)


  • #4
    brianregan09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    There ya go and you'll have to explain Repro's and things because i don't know any of this stuff lol


  • #5
    Wild_Dogger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Wild_Dogger


    How long has your M.I.L had this in her family ?
    Repro-duction is a modern gramophone copy, or fake

    A good question - what is one worth ? haven't a clue


  • #6
    brianregan09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    She bought it 2nd hand in 98 afaik


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  • #7
    Wild_Dogger
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    If you could trace it back... lets say 40 or 50 years, then it would more likely to be genuine


  • #8
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Repro would be my guess - there's a huge number of them around, and the timber appears very well preserved for an original piece.


  • #9
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Ones with anything other than a square box base (octagonal/circular) are suspect.

    Loads of them are cobbled together from parts of originals or poorly made components in the subcontinent. Don't play any records on it, it will wreck them.

    http://www.gramophones.uk.com/information/fake_indian_gramophones.html

    http://www.gramophones.info/graminformation.html

    http://www.cameronfreeman.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=ArticleDisplay&ArticleID=304

    Judging from the transfer of Nipper the dog, fresh condition and brass horn...looks like we got ourselves a 'Crap-o-phone' here.


  • #10
    chopper6
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭chopper6


    brianregan09 wrote: »
    There ya go and you'll have to explain Repro's and things because i don't know any of this stuff lol

    Almost brand new...the place is full of them.

    This particular one will have the mechanissm break pretty quickly if you wind it up too often.

    You might get 50 euro on adverts or similar as a conversation piece but don't attempt to sell it as genuine.


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