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Re: Value of Regina Music Box
By Marty Roenigk

Responding to Kenneth Keeton on the Regina music box.

I hope you are talking about a 15 1/2" disc Regina and not a 12 1/4" because the value is quite a bit different. We do sell coin-operated 15 1/2" Regina's in the $4500 price range from time to time, but usually that is with a matching base cabinet, and is certainly for a double comb model. There is so much to be careful about with music boxes that you have to be careful. For instance a single comb model is worth considerably less than a double comb model. A short bedplate model is worth considerably more than a long bedplate model.

Coin-operated models of Reginas, especially in the 15 1/2" size and larger, are quite common. I would say about 30+% of all the ones we get are coin-operated. You need to be careful about these because the coin operated ones tended to have more wear due to their often having been out on commercial locations and gotten a lot of wear.

I concur with the comment on the Reproduco. The last one we sold we were lucky to get close to $9,000 however that had been restored and some very nice original Seeburg art glass had been added to it. We would normally feel luckly to get $5-6,000 for a good Reproduco or any other type of mortuary organ.

Sincerely,

Marty Roenigk


(Message sent Mon 12 Aug 1996, 00:22:23 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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