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Jin Muchen came to the big cabinet-like gramophone, and first carefully looked at the appearance of the gramophone.

Although the age is relatively old, the gramophone is well maintained, at least the wooden cabinet outside has not been broken, or the paint has fallen off.

Then I opened the cabinet, and there was a lid on the top, which was lifted to reveal the turntable with vinyl records inside, as well as the probe, and behind the probe was actually an iron pipe line, which shows that the age of this gramophone should be very old.

After opening the cabinet door below, the lower part is revealed, which is divided into two layers, and at the bottom is a hand-cranked generator, which is well maintained, and even smells of oil.

In the middle is a partition with a large battery fixed to a wooden cabinet made of cast iron and painted with a layer of black paint.

Just looking at the shape of the battery, it is easy to remind people of the small liquefied gas cylinders that are still used in some places in China.

"Wow, Mr. Jin, you really have an eye, this is the pneumatic power AUXETOPHONE phonograph produced by Victor Company in 1906, and the prototype of this gramophone is the gramophone used by Empress Cixi of your country back then."

This old Hei Evan, seeing that Jin Muchen looked at this gramophone so carefully, hurriedly walked over and introduced him and said, this is the most expensive gramophone in his collection, if it can be sold today, of course it is the best.

This guy in front of him is not bad for money. So of course he wished he could introduce a little more. to impress the guy in front of you.

Jin Muchen was also stunned when he heard this: "What? Empress Dowager Cixi also used a gramophone? ”

About the antique gramophone thing. He really knows a little bit about it, because when his grandfather was still there, he used to collect a lot of gramophones, and then his grandfather died, and those phonographs were disposed of by his father at a cheap price, which is a pity to think about it now.

He had also heard of the name of Victor's phonograph, but the Empress Dowager Cixi also used a phonograph. He really didn't understand this.

In 1877, Edison invented the world's first phonograph, and then more than 100 years have passed.

Gramophone has retired from the stage of history, and has been replaced by modern machines such as CD, DVD, MP3, MP4 and even fruit players, which have become the mainstream equipment of music enthusiasts.

But when people suddenly look back, they find that the phonograph still exudes a timeless charm in the dim light, so this thing has now become a favorite of many collectors of antique objects in the antique market.

Collection of recent years about gramophones. There is a gradual trend of heating up both domestically and internationally, so there is a way about the collection of gramophones. There are more and more of them.

First of all, in terms of age, of course, the earlier the more valuable.

Because the collection adheres to the principle of rare and expensive, but before the thirties and forties of the last century, or the kind of loudspeaker phonograph of that era is very difficult to maintain, so the number that can be completely preserved to this day is very rare, which also leads to zhì once the phonograph of that era is available, especially the kind that is well preserved, as long as it appears, it will be immediately bought by collectors.

The second is to look at the brand, the higher the visibility, the better.

Because the phonograph made by those well-known manufacturers generally has the characteristics of good sound quality, large volume, fashionable style, advanced technology, fine workmanship, etc., the collection value is particularly high.

For example, the Victor brand phonograph produced by the Victor Company in the United States, when the Victor Company was the world's largest phonograph manufacturer, from the registered trademark in 1901 to the end of 1929 by the RCA acquisition, in these 29 years, more than 280 models of phonographs were designed and manufactured, with an output of tens of millions of units.

During this period, he had a great influence on the design and manufacture of phonographs in the entire industry, and in their circle, it can definitely be said that they are a well-deserved leader, so don't look at the number of phonographs they produce, but as long as it is their company's products in the thirties and forties or before, it is definitely the favorite collection of collectors now.

Other popular brands include Colombia in the United States and Germain in Germany.

These two are the most important elements of the gramophone collection, of course, if it can still have a little relationship with celebrities, if it is stained with a little cultural inheritance factor, it will be more collectible.

As Lao Hei said before, the prototype of this gramophone is actually the kind used by the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Of course, don't you know this? In 1904, when the Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her 70th birthday, a minister from your side gave Cixi a Victor brand phonograph, and that gramophone was the earliest cabinet phonograph produced by Victor. The one in front of you is based on which one is the prototype, but this one is rarer than the other, and he uses a pneumatic ......"

This old black is the head of the way when he talks about gramophone, it seems that he has really studied it before, and it can be regarded as a lesson for Jin Muchen, a rookie who only knows a little about phonographs.

"Wait, you say this gramophone is pneumatic? But I saw a hand-cranked generator down there, huh? ”

Jin Muchen suddenly interrupted this Evan and asked, and this Evan rolled his eyes and continued to explain to him.

"When I say this pneumatic force, I don't mean that he uses pneumatic power to generate electricity, but that he has an internal air compression system that can provide high volume, and this patent was invented by the British in 1904, and Victor paid a high patent fee for it. At that time, the phonograph was only used for commercial purposes, for auditoriums, dance halls, restaurants and outdoors, so the price was also very expensive, and you could buy it for $500 at the time, but because it was too expensive, the production was not high, and the total number of units produced did not exceed 500. So such a gramophone is now very rare, and it is very suitable for collection! ”

This Evan introduced this gramophone and it can be said that he is the first to say, and when Jin Muchen heard it, he felt that what he said was really like that.

If there were really less than 500 gramophones produced back then, then this guy really deserved to take it back with him.

After all, there are many people who collect this thing in the United States, and it has a large circulation, so it is very popular with collectors, and it is not difficult to sell it even if you want to sell it at that time.

What's more, because this thing has a relatively large stock in the United States, the price has not been very expensive, but it is different in China.

Because in recent years, the collection of gramophones in China has become increasingly popular, so the price of antique gramophones has risen sharply.

Because the gramophone could not be produced in China at that time, almost all the phonographs before the liberation were imported, and those who could afford to use the phonograph at that time were not ordinary people, so this thing was very rare in China, and the price was also very expensive.

Now the price of this antique gramophone is also rising all the way, as long as your gramophone is in good condition and well-maintained, then it will definitely not worry about selling, and it will be collected for three or five thousand dollars here, and it can be sold for hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, when it changes hands when it changes hands in China.

This is a very good way, Jin Muchen touched his chin and pondered.

"How? Mr. Kim, do you have a crush on this gramophone? ”

Evan next to him saw Jin Muchen staring at the gramophone silently, and he was a little anxious, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Okay, Evan, can you try this gramophone to make it work, I'll hear the effect, if it's good, I'll buy it."

Evan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he quickly found a vinyl record, put it on the turntable, and then began to shake the hand-cranked handlebar on the right side of the cabinet.

Soon the turntable turned, and from the stereo came bursts of cosmopolitan music that was popular in the last century, and it was so loud that even those who stood close to it felt a little deafening.

However, the sound quality is really good, and the bass parts can be heard very clearly, and if you know the instrument, you can even hear what kind of instrument is used from the final symphony part.

Jin Muchen was very satisfied with the state of this gramophone, and slapped his face: "Evan, how much are you going to buy this gramophone?" ”

"Hmm...... Four...... Five thousand dollars! ”

Evan gritted his teeth and quoted a ruthless price, he was more proficient in the knowledge of gramophones, but he was also very clear about the market of this thing.

The United States is the birthplace of the phonograph, so the survival of this thing is also very large, because of the large number of survival, good circulation, so this phonograph is quite popular with American collectors, but because of the large number of survival, so the price has not been very high.

His gramophone, if it weren't for the fact that it was a Victor brand, and it was relatively old and the production was relatively scarce, the price would definitely be very difficult to exceed a thousand.

But because of the previous factors, this gramophone is different from other ordinary gramophones, his original heart price is between 3,000 and 4,000, but because this price is a bit high, so the previous few people who were interested in this gramophone were scared away, and his gramophone has not been sold.

Today's interest in this gramophone is this Asian boy, he has dealt with this guy once before, and knows that he is not a bad person, and looking at his appearance, it seems that he doesn't know much about the gramophone, so he gritted his teeth and opened a ruthless price, planning to slaughter this kid with a knife.

didn't expect him to be able to kill this knife accurately, Jin Muchen didn't think much about it at all.

"Okay, that's it, deal."

Evanle blossomed, but this time he earned it, and Jin Muchen was also very happy, he was thinking about how to get this thing back to China! (To be continued......)