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This group has been and continues to be very helpful to me. It has pointed me to several fine dealers, as well as a good insurance agent.

Thank you everyone for being so helpful.

Yes, you're right, the market is very soft. However I think people will become more confident as the stock market continues to rise (albeit with occasional backslides), and economic news continues to...

I would like to thank evreyone for their help in pointing me to the proper people to insure and sell this instrument.

The instrument is now available at Elderly Instruments -- here's the link:...

Lynn, thank you for the report about Heritage. It looks like they are the people I should deal with.

Timbofood, thank you for the offer but Michigan is a little out of the way.

A friend, who is...

Lynn, have you ever had to collect on your policy with Heritage?

If so, was it for a significant amount, and how reasonable a process was it?

Thanks!

Sorry gentlemen, I've been away for a day.

I thank Treble-in-mind, f5loar, and others who have been so kind as to discuss the tax issues -- I know about most of them and we are prepared to handle...

Thank you, gentlemen, for all your help.

Negotiations have begun, and I feel much better prepared due to all of your help.

Thanks Lynn for reminding me to look at the big picture. Unfortunately, now that the existance of this instrument has been announced, even if it doesn't come to the market right now people know that...

It appears to me there are three important aspects to selling this instrument:

1. Getting an accurate assessment of its condition from someone whose opinion is widely accepted.

2. Getting the...

Thank you, Lynn!

So what do you think of 84684 and 84685? Especially how well they play -- their tonality and color.

Thanks!

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it as a put-down -- what I had meant instead was that in comparison to my father's playing mandolin for over 70 years, with only 14 years you and your instrument have many...

I took a look at his site and have mixed feelings. His pictures are barely OK (seems to be a problem with most sites), but the "price upon request" reminds me too much of rug dealers in Istanbul....

Fourteen years? You've hardly even begun! When my parents would visit Dad would play the mandolin every morning to wake us up. If we were too slug-a-bed he would play Samuel Siegel's "Boston Ideal...

Hi Lynn, I agree that a buyer certainly needs to play the instrument. Pretty is nice, but it *has* to sound good! Ideally a player will buy this instrument and let its voice be heard. I hate seeing...

I have been wondering what is the usual and customary commission for an instrument of this value. On the one hand, a dealer can cut the percentage a bit because it will still mean a lot of dollars...

Here are some pictures.

They're big in number of pixels, but that's the only way I know of to show the quality of the varnish, etc.

I have uploaded them as attachments in the hope that the...

Sorry -- double post while I was figuring out how to upload pictures

He's gotten some strong recommendations from local musicians as well.

I called and talked to Richard (Frank doesn't come in on Tuesdays) and am favorably impressed so far. I'm sending them...

Yeah, my father tried to interest me in it, but I was only 9 at the time and those E-strings really cut up my small soft fingers.

If a person has talent it still takes them about 2000 hours to...

Sorry, I was being dense -- The bank is a relatively safe, neutral place for both buyer and seller -- what a great idea! So if the viewing and playing of the mandolin occurs at the bank it is stored...

This idea occurred to me too, but it raises some other problems. The last time I dealt with a transaction of this magnitude it was for real property and we used an escrow agent who made sure the...

Yes, I don't want my place ransacked by someone who believes I would keep it here -- that's why I'm trying to remain anonymous. Also, I don't want the services of people who want to help me spend the...

I'm trying to determine the best way to sell my deceased father's 1927 Gibson F5 mandolin.

One player tells me to go to Gryphon Strings in Palo Alto, another that I should try a major auction...