In reference to this subject I would like to confirm Kevin's and
Eli's opinions.  For the past sixty years I have been collecting
all the mechanical music items that I could afford.  Now I am eighty
years of age and I had hoped to sell the items with a profit.

No way!  There is not a person in Europe who is buying these items
for the price I once paid; however, if I drop the price to one-half
or one-third of the price I once paid, the items do sell -- even
today!  This is the present situation; it is sad but true.

Fredy Gerer
Germany