I don't believe this guy has a clue about what he has, or it's value
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0416940772503/
I don't believe this guy has a clue about what he has, or it's value
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0416940772503/
It ain't gotta be perfect, as long as it's perfect enough!
C'mon Steve, he's only a little over $24,000.00 high and he is willing to negotiate right now.
I do hope he gets it though, I have one that's about the same age.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
One just has to wonder in this day and age, with so much information available, how do they arrive at a price like that?
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
I just bought one just like. I gave 24.500 less.
Hope springs eternal.
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I dig the case.
It’s an 1898 with bent sides, how rare is that
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For that price you'd think you could get all 8 strings.
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I messaged him very politely explaining what he had and what they typically sell for. I told him what I had paid recently for my teens A-1's ($675 and $550). I even gave him the link to Mandolin Cafe in case he didn't believe me. He sent me back a nasty message saying I know nothing about mandolins, and he didn't care what I thought anyway.
Well okay then.
It ain't gotta be perfect, as long as it's perfect enough!
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
It looks like it was removed from Facebook Marketplace. Either he got his $25,000 and is rolling giddily around in the cash, or others told him the same thing.
For those who are interested, it was a teens or 20's Gibson Sheraton Brown A model in good, original condition, with pick guard and a period case. The pick guard didn't have the clamp, it had a bracket that was screwed into the side of the body. His father had bought the instrument during WWII. It's a nice mandolin, but a tad overpriced at $25,000
It ain't gotta be perfect, as long as it's perfect enough!
Drew
2020 Northfield 4th Gen F5
2022 Northfield NFS-F5E
2019 Northfield Flat Top Octave
2021 Gold Tone Mando Cello
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The listing is still up. For posterity:
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Non original bridge, non original pickguard, that should lower it to at least $22,500.
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Back 20 or so years ago when I worked for a vintage guitar store, we attended a guitar show about every month. Mostly the same vintage dealers attending with some local guys depending on the location.
I remember one father/son team, who were guitarists, but not fulltime dealers. They had great original guitars from the 50's that they had owned since the 50's, really nice valuable stuff, but they were consistently asking double the going rate (or more) for their stuff. I can only assume they were there to have fun and fully understood that if they sold their stuff, they would no longer get to come and have fun talking to other guitar nuts......
Needless to say, it was frustrating for potential buyers.......
There is always one of that kind of guy that “KNOWS” that he has the unicorn horn! Can’t change human nature.
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
I have a Stradivarius. Says right on the label: "Stradivarius / Made in China." I wonder if he's open to trades?
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1898 Gibson Madolin style A - 1920s S# 63600 This is Correct
$25,000
Was My Grandfather's he bought it during WWII Willing to Negotiate on price right now.
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I could offer him my $24,500 Strad-O-Lin plus $500; think he'd go for it?
Allen Hopkins
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....you can't really put a price on sentimentality, BUT $25K is a good start!
I should offer him $700.
As Mike Wolfe would say, “I don’t want to buy the memories, I just want to buy the mandolin.”
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
I'd give $500 for it. Do you suppose he's just got the decimal point off a bit?
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