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    Default Local Mando Signed by Bill Monroe

    This is for sale locally on Facebook. A Degas mandolin signed by Bill Monroe. No asking price on it yet.

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    Default Re: Local Mando Signed by Bill Monroe

    Not worth the effort.. No provanance either..

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    Default Re: Local Mando Signed by Bill Monroe

    It's one of these.

    He says he's open to reasonable offers. That's unreasonable.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
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    Default Re: Local Mando Signed by Bill Monroe

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    It's one of these.

    He says he's open to reasonable offers. That's unreasonable.
    I was at a guitar store up here a few days ago.. same thing said.. open to offers... made one.. then the whining began about he paid more than that. so.. thats the way it was.. out the door with nothing,,,...

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    Default Re: Local Mando Signed by Bill Monroe

    In the first place that signature doesn't really increase the value of that instrument. People live in dream worlds. Those mandolins with other brand names or no brand name fail to sell weekly on eBay.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
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