RARE & UNUSUAL HUGE COLUMBIA BC PHONOGRAPH - WE SHIP WORLDWIDE




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Reference Number: Avaluer:528490
Original Description:

This is a No-Reserve Auction !!!
COLUMBIA BC "TWENTIETH CENTURY" PHONOGRAPH

Here's a great example of a rare and unusual Columbia phonograph, made c.1905.   This model, officially a "BC" was also marketed by Columbia as a "20th Century" model.  It cost $100.00 in it's day, an enormous sum (about 2 - 3 months wages for the average workingman).
The huge oak case measures 19.5" long x 14" deep.  It opens from the front, revealing the mechanics inside (...an oversized 3-spring motor), and exposing the releasing latches for the large oak lid. The case has a small area of discoloring on the right side near the crank, and the lid in that area has a few small areas of veneer lifting,   both easily correctable. One of the lid latch escutcheons is missing on the left side. Otherwise, the case is in excellent condition, with great decals.

The oversized mandrel is capable of utilizing the 6" long, 3-minute cylinders introduced by Columbia at the time.  It will also play standard 2-minute cylinders. The nickel-plated bedplate is excellent, and the painted top works show as new, so perhaps this was restored a few years ago.

The rarest and most unusual aspect of this phonograph is the "Higham" (pronounced "high-am") reproducer, 4" in diameter, consisting of am amber wheel and vulcanite shoe, which allegedly produced far greater sound volume than other reproducers of the day.  The fact that this machine was commonly utilized with a large (54"+) concert horn must also have added to it's volume.  We do not have a horn for this machine, but even playing it without one produces sound at a good volume.

This is a No-Reserve auction, and could be in your home playing your favorite tunes very soon.  Bid with confidence, we have been selling on eBay for over 20 years and offer a full money-back "Total Satisfaction Guarantee".

BONUS:  We will include three (3) "20th Century" 6" cylinders with your machine, these are highly collectable and valuable.

When you want THE BEST example, we are usually a primary source; musicaltreasuresofmiami is a world-wide leading seller of antique phonographs, music boxes, clocks and other fine items.  We have many dozens of other phonographs in stock.  Please feel free to inquire if you are interested in seeing our collections.  
PACKING & SHIPPING: Check our eBay feedbacks, you will see that we know how to pack and ship this safely to your door. We do our own packing and shipping, so it is done right, using fresh, new materials, not stuff we picked out of a local dumpster. We have safely shipped phonographs such as this to all corners of the globe.
 
Musical Treasures of Miami2940 West Lake Vista Circle, Davie, FL 33328
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