Auction zooms to top of charts
Kansas City Star | 05/04/2004 |
Online bids help make jukebox sale a record-setter
By DAVID HAYES
Columnist

"The Internet has changed lots of businesses, but perhaps none has changed as much as the auction biz.
...One bidder paid $79,750 for a 1915 Seeburg Orchestrion — a coin-operated music player; another paid $25,300 for a 1942 Rock-ola jukebox. Bidders broke other records paying $23,100 for a 1942 Wurlitzer jukebox, $24,200 for a 1940 Seeburg Concert Master jukebox, and $16,500 for a 1948 Rock-ola jukebox.
The world records were reported by Jukebox Collector magazine."

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