with the Johnson Victrola Museum and
we’re hoping that an Baker horsey the
curator of collections can give us some
more details on John’s Graphophone my
grandmother passed away in 1988 we found
it in our attic
and I really don’t know much about it so
I really I’m looking forward to learning
more about the graphic poet and finding
out what it’s worth and what it meant to
us as a society
ah horn that’s right well you have it
looks like to me you have what would be
a type B it was known as the eagle and
it originally cost about $10 and it was
symbolic with a $10 gold coin
this was the American Graphophone
companies desire to get a machine out
affordable to everybody and they wanted
to have one in every single family’s
home what time period are we talking
about here
this is 1897 the condition of the case
is is overall very good however there is
one loss here in the venire the the
decal is all there that is always not
always amaze me how how beautiful that
looks
yes hmm the machine itself there is a
little bit of abrasion on the turn crank
and a little bit on your mandrel however
those I think could be rubbed out a
little bit your reproducers in good good
condition and you do have your three
ball governor some of the original
finish is coming off a little bit but
here again it’s all there but everything
else seems to be really in good shape
you know and one of the questions that
John had was where was them she made and
we know what says New York in Paris on
there but is this where it was produced
it was actually made in Bridgeport
Connecticut where they had their
manufacturing plant interesting yes I
think there was something like a hundred
and fifty thousand of them made over
time because they were so popular great
story behind this little machine it’s
just not as rare as I had hoped
can I ask you about the value of this
well museum curators can’t give values
or appraisals but we can certainly help
you find out for yourself I appreciate
that
let’s take a look the bee eagle good
condition
we’re hoping that an Baker horsey the
curator of collections can give us some
more details on John’s Graphophone my
grandmother passed away in 1988 we found
it in our attic
and I really don’t know much about it so
I really I’m looking forward to learning
more about the graphic poet and finding
out what it’s worth and what it meant to
us as a society
ah horn that’s right well you have it
looks like to me you have what would be
a type B it was known as the eagle and
it originally cost about $10 and it was
symbolic with a $10 gold coin
this was the American Graphophone
companies desire to get a machine out
affordable to everybody and they wanted
to have one in every single family’s
home what time period are we talking
about here
this is 1897 the condition of the case
is is overall very good however there is
one loss here in the venire the the
decal is all there that is always not
always amaze me how how beautiful that
looks
yes hmm the machine itself there is a
little bit of abrasion on the turn crank
and a little bit on your mandrel however
those I think could be rubbed out a
little bit your reproducers in good good
condition and you do have your three
ball governor some of the original
finish is coming off a little bit but
here again it’s all there but everything
else seems to be really in good shape
you know and one of the questions that
John had was where was them she made and
we know what says New York in Paris on
there but is this where it was produced
it was actually made in Bridgeport
Connecticut where they had their
manufacturing plant interesting yes I
think there was something like a hundred
and fifty thousand of them made over
time because they were so popular great
story behind this little machine it’s
just not as rare as I had hoped
can I ask you about the value of this
well museum curators can’t give values
or appraisals but we can certainly help
you find out for yourself I appreciate
that
let’s take a look the bee eagle good
condition
Please follow and like us: