[NJARC] Amazing Auction Results in ARC

[Carole White-Connor]

A point of curiosity: anyone in New Jersey work on record-changers? That's what would worry me with a jukebox.
(Geez, I've got a couple of real nice consoles with malfunctioning changes. I'd love to get those changers
fixed).

Joe Connor

john ruccolo wrote:

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> Hi Dave,
>
> Unfortunately, I think you're right. There are a few
> lucky souls out there for whom 65 KILObucks for an old
> radio is like you or me spending $65 for an old radio.
> It's just not that big a deal for them....
>
> Please don't get me started on executive compensation.
>
> But it's not just the outrageous cost of the Zenith,
> but the perceived "collectibility" of the items. Do
> you really think that Zenith console, nice though it
> is, is worth SEVENTY times what that beautiful vintage
> jukebox is worth??? I would by that Rock-Ola in a
> heartbeat for 900 bucks. Anyone out there got one???
>
> JR
>
> --- David R Sica <davesica at juno.com> wrote:
>
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> > One man's radio is another
> > 72.222222222222222222222222222222 men's
> > jukeboxes!
> >
> > Hey, with the average CEO's salary now something
> > like 500 times the
> > average employee's, a few thousand bucks more or
> > less for a radio can't
> > mean all that much to some folks? Unless you happen
> > to be average.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:01:24 -0800 (PST) john ruccolo
> > <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> > writes:
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> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > Did anyone see the auction results in the latest
> > ARC?
> > > A Zenith Stratosphere went for SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND
> > > dollars. Meanwhile, an excellent original Rock-Ola
> > > 1422 jukebox went for NINE HUNDRED dollars.
> > >
> > > (Actually, there were *two* Rock-Olas -- a
> > full-size
> > > machine and a table model -- that sold for $900
> > each.)
> > >
> > > I don't know about you, but I would take that
> > Rock-Ola
> > > jukebox ANY day over the Zenith....
> > >
> > > Maybe it's just the jukebox collector in me, but
> > that
> > > Rock-Ola is the bargain of the century compared to
> > the
> > > Zenith. Sure, I'd love to have a Statosphere, but
> > 65
> > > THOUSAND bucks? You gotta be kidding....
> > >
> > > JR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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