I have to confess I watch that show now and then. However, is it my imagination of do they over-restore everything? And don't their prices seem ridiculously high?
Here are some threads from another forum concerning Rick Dale's "restoration" of an Edison phonograph and an Atwater Kent Model 37
http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/...p?f=2&t=196097
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/view...p?f=2&t=192244