In a message dated 8/24/2007 2:46:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, phonofolks at aol.com writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-EDISON-CLASS-M-COIN-OP-CONCERT-CYLINDER-PHONOGRAPH_W0 QQitemZ280144405331QQihZ018QQcategoryZ38029QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIt em The mandrel is hard rubber if my memory serves me. That is why it looks black rather than nickeled. I remember seeing this machine at Clarence's in the late 60's. I have seen one other at Hathaway and Bowers Gallery in the 70's. I know of one M electric Concert that is not a coin-op. This is certainly an extremely rare machine. We will have to wait until all the snipe bids are over to see what it actually goes for. The machine was offered earlier at $50,000 with no takers. Regards to All on the List, Al ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour