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Milhous and Murphy Auctions
By Philip Jamison

I received catalogs from the two big spring sales: Milhous in Florida
and Murphy in Kentucky.  Though both around $25.00, the Milhous catalog
is the better buy (about 80 pages versus 12 for the Murphy sale).  The
Milhous sale is, perhaps, the first with 3 Hupfeld Phonolists (though
one is a Wendel reproduction).  It also has one of Siegfried's Maesto
copies (called a "Maestro" by the catalog).

An inquiry to Sotheby's (the Milhous auctioneers) confirmed the fact
the "everything" in the sale has a reserve plus a 15% premium.  The
Murphy sale, though crudely cataloged, has no reserves and no buyer's
premium.  Should be a good experiment to see which brings the higher
prices.

By the way, Matthew Caulfield, the Murphy sale catalog does list
Wurlitzer 165 rolls, but not how many will be offered.

Philip Jamison
West Chester, PA


(Message sent Wed 18 Mar 1998, 16:51:10 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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