Your mandolin is from the late 60's/early 70's as in 1960/1970 and was made in Chicago by Harmony. I had trouble getting rid of one that was virtually unplayed last year with a case. I finally got $50.00 out of it and was very happy.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
So you don't think it's worth something like $300? Is it more in the $50 range or is that just what you settled for?
I was lucky to get $50.00. I think I paid the freight out of that as well. Take a look through the completed auctions on eBay using Harmony and Mandolin as keywords. These were made under the Harmony and the Stella brand name. It isn't worth anywhere near $300.00, not even on a good day.
If you're selling it be happy for anything you get over $50.00. If you're buying it there are better choices available for $300.00.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Harmony and Kay were the makers of the Sears-Roebucks Silvertone's and the Montgomery-Wards Airline .
... and the other pages in catalogs came in handy in the outhouse too ,I hear.
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
That's like the first mandolin I ever had. I think it was $40 used in 1976 or 1977. Not that particular one but one just like it. Don't pay $300, you'd be getting ripped off.
I wandered again to my home in the mountains....
I'm not buying one, but I am thinking of selling it. I just acquired it a couple of months ago, but according to you guys, it might not be worth selling.
It's worth selling if less than $100 is worth getting.
Don't forget to figure in your time and trouble in selling it.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Well, <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/HARMONY-S-72-MI-MANDOLIN-RARE-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT-LR_W0QQitemZ130244826820QQihZ003QQcategor
yZ10179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">Here's</a> one on eBay right now with a few hours left.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Stella-Mandolin-1960s-Vintage-Antique-with-case_W0QQitemZ280255866182QQihZ018QQcategoryZ10
179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">This</a> one could be yours.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Hey - who's dissin' Sears Sivertone musical instruments? #Jesse Fuller, the amazing one-man band and writer/composer of 'San Francisco Bay Blues' played an electric 12-string Sivertone guitar. #An authentic cat, playing guitar with his own drum and other self-invented percussion devices.
It's raining these mandolins today, but <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/STELLA-HARMONY-Mandolin-with-Case_W0QQitemZ260271806963QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10179 QQssPageNam
eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">here's</a> the good news. One that's up to $85.00 plus shipping with several hours to go.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
At one coffeehouse gig in Cambridge, he never left the stage during the break between sets, and "noodled" the most amazing version of William Tell Overture on his 12-string. I still have a couple of his Prestige LP's, and enjoy the music of a great and often-overlooked American musician.Originally Posted by (allenhopkins @ Aug. 13 2008, 17:53)
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
This is also the first model of mandolin that I played when I was a teenager around 1970. I don't know how much my parents paid for it then.
But I have one just like it today in my little Harmony 'memory lane' collection. My son and I play them sometimes for grins. The stella is definitely the least of that family.
You can buy them all day long for 70 to 110 dollars. There seem to be a lot of them out there.
HarmonyRexy
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