When I had my first BG, I bought three mint 20th Century cylinders and paid $250 each for mint ones and $200 for a semi mint one! I sold them with the machine, and then bought one of them back recently for around $150.00 as I recall. Those suckers are expensive!! John Robles bruce78rpm <bruce78rpm at comcast.net> wrote: As far as the Twentieth Century 6" Cylinders, they are very rare, especially finding one in good to excellent condition in the box. Here is one that sold recently, and as you can see it was in far from perfect shape and still commanded a large sum. http://cgi.ebay.com/COLUMBIA-CYLINDER-RECORD-TWENTIETH-CENTURY-6-INCH_W0QQitemZ110046163049QQihZ001QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Rubin" To: Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia BF Peerless -- horn? > Greetings. Can anyone out there tell me anything about what kind of horn > a > Columbia BF (aka "Peerless") might have come with as standard issue, and > what upgrades people might have made? The machine in question has no horn > but was found with a free-standing tripod crane, so I imagine it wasn't > just > a 14" witches hat. Would, say, a 25" brass bell horn have fit well, or > would a flowery morning glory horn have been more likely? How much would > such a horn (if original and in very nice shape) run me these days, and > how > easy are they to find? Also, I would appreciate any other information > anyone could offer me about this machine (including, but certainly not > limited to, how it sounds), as I'm not generally a cylinder person and I > know very little about it. Thanks in advance. > > Oh, and how rare are these 6", 3-minute "Twentieth Century" cylinders, > anyway? What do they go for, typically? > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L at oldcrank.org > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list Phono-L at oldcrank.org Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank