08-23-200808-23-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2419
August 23, 2008 10:00 AMCalender
764

Type A Zonophone Talking Machine

Sell one like this
$8,000$8,000
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2419Location: BoltonDate / Time: August 23, 2008 10:00AM

Description:

Type A Zonophone Talking Machine, by Universal Talking Machine Co., New York, with steel traveling arm, enclosed soundbox, 7-inch turntable, brake, brass horn and oak case with glazed panels showing motor, recessed baluster corner columns and celluloid plaque Zon-O-Phone, Made Expressly For the (Nati)onal Gram-O-Phone Corporation, 674 Broadway, New York, by the Universal Talking Machine Co., New York base 9 x 10 in., horn 14 1/2 in.; three Zonophone records; and a framed facsimile advert.

Literature:Fabrizio & Paul, The Talking Machine an Illustrated Compendium, p. 92 for a similar model.




Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

Universal Talking Machine Co., steel traveling arm, Broadway, Gram-O-Phone Corporation