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A word of warning. Don't ever try to sell one of those gov't issued talking book players (no matter the age) on ebay! I had one from 1955 that only played 33's (obsolete for decades). I bought it on ebay and restored it to operating condition, which means I had $ in it! I listed it on ebay and the first thing I knew, I got a message from the Gov't talking book division "office of investigations" informing me that the machine was still Gov't property and could not legally be sold and that it should have already been returned when the original borrower no longer needed it. They then said that I needed to call my local state talking book library so they could send me a prepaid shipping container for it's return! I sent a message to the "big boys" informing them that I was a user of talking books and that I was not aware that record players this old needed to be returned and that I would call my state library for advice on what to do with the machine. When I contacted my state library, they were in shock that the "main office" would even want such an old obsolete machine back. The guy here told me the only way he'd request that I send it back would be if the "home office" leaned on him. That was two years ago and I never heard a word about it. I just never tried to sell anymore of these on ebay, LOL! I might could understand them wanting the cassette players back, since they still use them; but, I don't know why they would want a record player back that has been obsolete for 45+ years. I guess it's like the old saying, "we're government and we can do what we want".
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