Unique player valuation. (Vidor Jamboree). - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

robert.copley1 · 30th Jun 2021, 5:32 pm

Not sure if this request is OK, but if I have a player not previously known. Is there a way it can be valued, or how do any other collectors find out?

Bob

FIXITNOW · 30th Jun 2021, 5:36 pm

Pictures would help please.

robert.copley1 · 30th Jun 2021, 6:02 pm

It's a Vidor Jamboree battery powered record player from 1956. It has been discussed on the forums in the past.

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=113833

t's stored away in my loft and I'm not getting any younger and have a couple of old Jack Russels who swallow up my pension in vet's fees, so I've been selling things I have to recoup some £'s.

Bob.

Paul_RK · 30th Jun 2021, 6:59 pm

Can't be sure it's a unique example of the model, but as we've been unable to establish that it officially exists at all (the description above the ad refers to a two-valve amplifier, the amplifier in this one is transistorised) there seems a very good chance - but a prototype that never entered production or a Jamboree someone has modified? Then, I don't think anyone has yet reported seeing a valved Jamboree in the flesh.

There's nothing like a "going rate" for such an item, perhaps the best way to go to raise some cash from it would be to put it on eBay with a high enough start price that you'd not be too disappointed if it sold to a single bid, and see whether a bidding war develops. For practical purposes Roberts' rival to this, the Mayflower, is equally scarce, and the only one I've ever seen sold for around £250, something like ten or fifteen years ago: but committed Roberts collectors are more numerous than Vidor enthusiasts. Can't remember what I paid for my little Cossor player, but it wasn't nearly so much. I've seen speed control issues quoted as the reason why the Roberts player never went into full production, so perhaps they were such as to sink every portable model that used the cute little Garrard BA1 deck.

Paul

Station X · 30th Jun 2021, 7:07 pm

According to this no examples exist, but maybe they mean the valve version?

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/vidor_cn438.html

Edward Huggins · 30th Jun 2021, 7:54 pm

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Originally Posted by robert.copley1

Not sure if this request is OK, but if I have a player not previously known. Is there a way it can be valued, or how do any other collectors find out?

Bob

Whilst this model is indeed rare, establishing a value is nearly impossible. The market for a player like this will be extremely small. It's just a case of finding a Buyer who appreciates its rarity and will pay good money and not be bothered by its running costs.

30th Jun 2021, 5:32 pm	#1
robert.copley1 Pentode Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 209	Unique player valuation. (Vidor Jamboree). Not sure if this request is OK, but if I have a player not previously known. Is there a way it can be valued, or how do any other collectors find out? Bob

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FIXITNOW Octode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 1,976	Re: unique player Pictures would help please.

30th Jun 2021, 6:02 pm	#3
robert.copley1 Pentode Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 209	Re: Unique player valuation. It's a Vidor Jamboree battery powered record player from 1956. It has been discussed on the forums in the past. https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=113833 t's stored away in my loft and I'm not getting any younger and have a couple of old Jack Russels who swallow up my pension in vet's fees, so I've been selling things I have to recoup some £'s. Bob. Attached Thumbnails

30th Jun 2021, 6:59 pm	#4
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,262	Re: Unique player valuation. (Vidor Jamboree). Can't be sure it's a unique example of the model, but as we've been unable to establish that it officially exists at all (the description above the ad refers to a two-valve amplifier, the amplifier in this one is transistorised) there seems a very good chance - but a prototype that never entered production or a Jamboree someone has modified? Then, I don't think anyone has yet reported seeing a valved Jamboree in the flesh. There's nothing like a "going rate" for such an item, perhaps the best way to go to raise some cash from it would be to put it on eBay with a high enough start price that you'd not be too disappointed if it sold to a single bid, and see whether a bidding war develops. For practical purposes Roberts' rival to this, the Mayflower, is equally scarce, and the only one I've ever seen sold for around £250, something like ten or fifteen years ago: but committed Roberts collectors are more numerous than Vidor enthusiasts. Can't remember what I paid for my little Cossor player, but it wasn't nearly so much. I've seen speed control issues quoted as the reason why the Roberts player never went into full production, so perhaps they were such as to sink every portable model that used the cute little Garrard BA1 deck. Paul

30th Jun 2021, 7:07 pm	#5
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,290	Re: Unique player valuation. (Vidor Jamboree). According to this no examples exist, but maybe they mean the valve version? https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/vidor_cn438.html __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.