Maybe the seller did a search and found Umanov's listing of this TG-0 for $2495. Perhaps he/she is just testing the waters to see what happens. If you go by his prices then it is not that far off. Of course, if they really want to sell it...
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Maybe the seller did a search and found Umanov's listing of this TG-0 for $2495. Perhaps he/she is just testing the waters to see what happens. If you go by his prices then it is not that far off. Of course, if they really want to sell it...
Jim
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Banana has a 1932 TG-0 for $1895.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
I doubt this one will ever get a buyer. I can get this for 150$ or less. The seller here asks for 337$ !!! For that one can get a very decent Kentucky (KM-380 or even an used KM-505).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-FM-52...3D321477238300
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Here's a perfectly ordinary Asian factory piece of junk for which the seller is asking $1600 and blaming the Cafe:
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/msg/4732544554.html
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Hilarious!Originally Posted by mrmando
"I ran this by the guys and gals at the Mandolincafe.com and of those that responded not one had ever seen one like this. It's apparently a rare version of one of the most sought after Gibson models ever."
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Funny, I can't find the thread pertaining to that mandolin. Let me know if you discover it.
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Wow, a genuine Dixon with roped purfling and open back tuners! And an adjustable bridge, no less! That's a keeper. It even seems to have its original pick guard.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Gotta love this one...
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/msg/4734347825.html
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Wow a four pointer
Ibanez 70's 524, 521, 3 511's,2 512's,513,1 514,3 80s 513's, 522
J Bovier F5-T custom shop
Kiso Suzuki V900,
The Loar lm600 Cherryburst
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Michael Kelly Octave Mandolin
Emandos Northfield octave tele 4, Northfield custom jem octave mandolin 5 octave strat 8
2 Flying v 8, octave 5, Exploryer octave 8 20"
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Looks like the previous owner got hungry...
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
If two points are good four points is bound to be twice as good.
Bill Snyder
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
That's what I call a bridge compensation.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
What's really hilarious is that the price keeps going up. When I first spotted that ad, it was $1300. By the time I posted it here, it was $1600. Now it's $1800.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
1913 A1 on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Mando...torefresh=true
It does look nice, but come on. $2450? I wonder about the identity of the "appraiser" who has raised this poor seller's hopes to an unrealistic level.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
But hey, it's an antique! lol!!
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
We've discussed this before, but IMHO, ideally eBay is a worldwide marketplace for vintage instruments (and other stuff), but in reality it is a wholesale or high-wholesale marketplace, filling a space somewhere between a yard sale/flea market and a vintage instrument shop. I have no doubt the well-known vintage dealers, such as Elderly and Mandolin might ask $2450 for a clean one with the hope of taking an offer. The question always is, how long do you have to wait to find your customer at that price? But, if you check eBay completed sales, you can see what the stuff actually sells for in today's money, in the real world. Usually, a lot less than we would think. Price is the motivator for a quick sale. Otherwise, you have to wait it out.....
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Of course there are always a few sellers who don't understand what Jeff says about "high wholesale" and try to get away with stuff like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shutt-Beauti...item541477e4a8
One might pay that much for a real Shutt, if it were in better condition, but this is one of the Harmony Shutt-copies and not worth anything near it.
P.S. The seller responded to my inquiry by taking "Shutt" out of the description ... but the price is still $950!
Last edited by mrmando; Nov-18-2014 at 8:48pm.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
This mandolin (and I use the term loosely) scares me.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Wishing they were worth this much will not make it so.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/30s-Kay-Kraf...item4ae11a84bf
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
That's a nice pair but your right not worth that much, atleast not to me
Ibanez 70's 524, 521, 3 511's,2 512's,513,1 514,3 80s 513's, 522
J Bovier F5-T custom shop
Kiso Suzuki V900,
The Loar lm600 Cherryburst
morgan monroe mms-5wc,ovation
Michael Kelly Octave Mandolin
Emandos Northfield octave tele 4, Northfield custom jem octave mandolin 5 octave strat 8
2 Flying v 8, octave 5, Exploryer octave 8 20"
Fender mandostrat 4,3 Epip mandobird 2,4/8, Kentucky. KM300E Eastwood mandocaster
Gold Tone F6,Badaax doubleneck 8/6
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Very cool but, $6000.00!? Not in this life.
I wonder if they missed a decimal point?
Timothy F. Lewis
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
A few years ago, I sold a Kay Kraft guitar that was close to mint condition on eBay for $975 and I almost felt guilty for taking the money--I said almost.....
I had a matching mandolin, also, but it was a difficult sale--I had a hard time getting $250, and it was NICE, too. So, yeah, he's a little high, IMHO.
About 10 years ago on eBay, a guy had a really nice 50's Gretsch Duo-Jet electric guitar and matching amp, it was a one owner, it had the original bill of sale, original case, mint condition, it was just a perfect collector piece, BUT he wanted $25K for the set, when the guitar was probably worth $4K and the amp about $1K, well, he ran that ad for years hoping to find the one guy....I don't know if he ever sold it or what, but the ad is no longer on eBay.....
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Gibson EM200 for $7500!
http://nashville.craigslist.org/msg/4797536585.html
You can play Aerosmith songs on this! Well, one particular Aerosmith song anyway...
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
A true bargain at i/4 the price. Hey I have one just like that one. I would sell it for less...
Even better:
Upon purchase I will personally deliver it to you. Cash upon delivery only. There are not many of these out there.
Jim
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Here's a crazy one. Two bad photos of a Collings MT, which seller insists is an antique Gibson:
http://reno.craigslist.org/atq/4807373326.html
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