Tinfoil Phonograph

[rvuill]

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I've just come across a tinfoil phonograph which I believe was made by the London Stereoscopic Company. This machine belongs to an elderly friend who is downsizing and asked me to help him. This machine is in excellent condition with good paint and gold pin striping. The only damage that I could see was some chips in the wooden mouthpiece. I would like your thoughts as to current value of this instrument and the best place to sell it. Thanks in advance for your help

[maroongem]

Wow, what a gorgeous machine and welcome aboard, Bob. How about Stanton's auction that's coming up in late November?

Bill

[matty]

You might want to contact Rene Rondeau about this machine. He'd know all about it & the possible value. I understand Rene is one of the leading experts on tinfoil machines in the world. A fake tinfoil machine was just sold on ebay for nearly 4000 pounds (the buyer obviously didn't know it was fake) so this would have to be worth "at least" $10-12,000 I would think, & probably more provided it's the real deal.

members.aol.com/rondeau7/

[meik]

Hi Rvuill

That's a machine I'd like to own as well :-) Could you please keep us informed what will be happening with the sale, and you can even email me offline if you have a price

thx