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    Default Wow. What won't they try next?

    I'll admit. I am no expert. However I think there are too many zeros in the asking price.
    https://www.ebay.com/i/312568346048
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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    They only have to sell one....
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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    I was tempted to buy this but then I read it was missing a string so I will pass

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    Quote Originally Posted by RandyC View Post
    I was tempted to buy this but then I read it was missing a string so I will pass
    i think that is very generous of you to leave it for the rest of us to buy!!!n

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    Quote Originally Posted by RandyC View Post
    I was tempted to buy this but then I read it was missing a string so I will pass
    That's what scared me off. If it's that rare, who knows where you could even buy strings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    They only have to sell one....
    Which beats trying to sell four at $2500.00 a pop.
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    Arches #9 A Style (2005)
    Bourgeois M5A (2022)
    Hohner and Seydel Harmonicas (various keys)

    "Heck, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santy Claus!"

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    I’m guessing my ‘best offer’ wouldn’t be accepted.
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    Faux resonator?
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    Who cares what Martin thinks of it. I want to know what Givson has to say about it!
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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    He is offering free shipping though.
    Ray Dearstone #009 D1A (1999)
    Skip Kelley #063 Offset Two Point (2017)
    Arches #9 A Style (2005)
    Bourgeois M5A (2022)
    Hohner and Seydel Harmonicas (various keys)

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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    This started out at $20,000 a couple of weeks ago - https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...44446-Only-20k

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    They only have to sell one....
    To paraphrase Paul Newman in The Color of Money, "money won is twice as sweet as money earned!"

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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    Well, if you aren't interested in "rare", maybe this cheap knock-off would be the ticket:
    https://reverb.com/item/11033573-bel...nator-mandolin
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    Quote Originally Posted by MB-Octo View Post
    Well, if you aren't interested in "rare", maybe this cheap knock-off would be the ticket:
    https://reverb.com/item/11033573-bel...nator-mandolin
    That sold quickly.
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    Default Re: Wow. What won't they try next?

    If neither I nor the Martin guy has ever seen anything like it, then it must be worth at least 10 grand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Gunter View Post
    If neither I nor the Martin guy has ever seen anything like it, then it must be worth at least 10 grand.
    Good one! We heard that a lot at the vintage guitar shop. My boss would say, "well, where have you been? I go to vintage guitar shows and I see 'em all the time!"

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