New Craigslist Loar

[Markus]

Just saw a local Craigslist ad that is a followup to a previous listing about an old mandolin originally `make an offer' locally.

Whoever told her to get it appraised really makes mandolin players look good.
Thank you, whoever you are.

Given what the money is going to, it's a shame it didn't go for more.

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http://madison.craigslist.org/msg/4887367419.html

"Re: this ad
Have a old mandolin with curly head on body, says 1920 something inside.
I think it says Gilson on the top.
Strings are almost rusty.
Make an offer

Thank you to the people who said to have it looked at it! It was a Gibson.
I was given this by my grandmother who had it after my grandfather passed away.
He had bought it just before the war.
I sold it for $75,000 to a very nice man. I can't believe it! I'm still shaking!
Now I can put my mother in a elder caring facility!
Thank goodness for the people being being honest and telling me to have it checked.
I almost sold it to a man for $150. Bless you all!"

[Jeff Mando]

That is a touching story and hate to be a stinker, but $150 sounds like a better price to me!

[Delaware]

Ok, the Elderly care thing took away my MAS. Good for them.

[G. Fisher]

I'm glad they got the correct info that it was a Loar. But, isn't $75,000 low for a Loar?

[Jonathan James]

wonder if this whole story is legit. If so, glad she didn't get taken advantage of (too badly)...

[Relio]

Sounds like a fake story... I'm guessing the seller is a male that owns a Gibson F9.

[Markus]

I'm guessing the seller is a male that owns a Gibson F9.

Where do you get that from?

[FLATROCK HILL]

wonder if this whole story is legit. If so, glad she didn't get taken advantage of (too badly)...

Yes...I wonder too. I don't see anything to be gained by running a fake story, but it seems a little fishy. I'd like to see if that message could be linked back to the original Craigslist ad.

As far as a fair selling price goes, nowhere in the 'message' does it actually state that it was a Loar. It was a Gibson with a "curly head" and from the '20s. 75k seems like more than fair for a post-Loar F5. (Might have been an F4 and Chumley overpaid again.)

If it is a true story, and assuming it was a Loar that has surfaced, I'm sure the experts here will find out all the details eventually.

[OldSausage]

This story is quite clearly a complete fabrication. If it wasn't perpetrated by someone who frequents this board, I will be very surprised.

[Markus]

If it is a true story, and another Loar has surfaced, I'm sure the experts here will find out all the details eventually.

Exactly the reason why I posted it, so it could get noticed by those in the know.

[rubydubyr]

Well, if true, then good on him/her for getting enough to take care of mom. If not true, then shame, shame, shame. Not to bring up the why would you do that?

[FLATROCK HILL]

Not to bring up the why would you do that?

There are a lot of execs at one of the major television news networks asking that same question.

[rubydubyr]

There are a lot of execs at one of the major television news networks asking that same question.

obviously I shrunk overnite, this just went over my head

[G. Fisher]

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As far as a fair selling price goes, nowhere in the 'message' does it actually state that it was a Loar. It was a Gibson with a "curly head" and from the '20s. 75k seems like more than fair for a post-Loar F5. (Might have been an F4 and Chumley overpaid again.)

You're correct the Craigslist post does not say it was a Loar. I was going by the heading of the MC post. So, $75,000 for a 20's Fern would be in the ball park for price.

[OldSausage]

Not to bring up the why would you do that?

You would do that to get people to talk about it, and to create threads like this one, and make yourself feel special and clever.

[Markus]

Are you accusing me of planting this story?

Seriously?

[rubydubyr]

I can understand a kid or teen doing that, but the possibility of it being an "adult" is ... well, disturbing.

[OldSausage]

Are you accusing me of planting this story?

Seriously?

No Markus - sorry if I gave that impression. I certainly do not believe it was you who planted it.

[Jeff Mando]

I can understand a kid or teen doing that, but the possibility of it being an "adult" is ... well, disturbing.

Brian Williams may have planted it..........

[rubydubyr]

ok, I'm gonna go take a nap, I don't think I got enough sleep last nite, maybe when I wake up, it will be to read posts that actually make sense to me. Who the H is Brian Williams?

[OldSausage]

ok, I'm gonna go take a nap, I don't think I got enough sleep last nite, maybe when I wake up, it will be to read posts that actually make sense to me. Who the H is Brian Williams?

Boy, Ruby, that is some big rock you live under:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bria...utf-8&oe=utf-8

[rubydubyr]

Boy, Ruby, that is some big rock you live under:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bria...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Yes, I googled it. I don't watch TV. I get my news online, and not every day. I click what looks interesting to me at the time. After reading the article about Brian Williams, there's no doubt I feel justified in not reading every item in the daily news and taking what I do read with a large grain of salt. They supposed knew and were "concerned" (apparently not enough...) about his exaggerations for better than a year, and did NOTHING until one of the crew on that shot copter posted about the lie on facebook, and it went viral. THEN they decided, oh yeah, maybe we ought to finally do something so NBC doesn't TOTALLY lose credibility and we'll say that we monitored his feeds, and kept all his exaggerations from going live on our network...... No wonder Brian Williams thought he could get away with it.

[terzinator]

A few months back, a guy had a listing on craigslist for an old stereo receiver, and said it was just sitting on top of his recycling bin in the alley, free for the taking. He said it worked fine. It was nearby, so I grabbed it.

Left channel doesn't work. And it wasn't a Loar.

Where do I complain?

I'm so mad at my mother!

[Jeff Mando]

A few months back, a guy had a listing on craigslist for an old stereo receiver, and said it was just sitting on top of his recycling bin in the alley, free for the taking. He said it worked fine. It was nearby, so I grabbed it.

Left channel doesn't work. And it wasn't a Loar.

Where do I complain?

I'm so mad at my mother!

I feel for ya, bro! When I was 14, I thought I was smarter than everybody else. I thought by the time I was 25, I'd have several multi-platinum hit records and be filthy rich.....well, that didn't exactly work out. BUT, 30 years later, I can answer your question--where do I complain? Right here, my friend, right here! That's what we do and we do it all day long...........and sometimes at night, if I can't sleep.

[Jackgaryk]

ok, I'm gonna go take a nap, I don't think I got enough sleep last nite, maybe when I wake up, it will be to read posts that actually make sense to me. Who the H is Brian Williams?

hey ruby....have you gotten the picks yet? and forget brian Williams, you were better off not knowing.