This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer

[Jerry Byers]

Huh? What is that link? I keep getting a login for earthlink web mail. Where is the Thompson listed now? I see nothing on eBay.

The Thompson is now down to $1150.

[Jim Garber]

The Thompson is now down to $1150.

Truly amazing... price down from $18,000!! The seller linked a sound clip and it sounds all right. Funky scroll and binding tho, but we knew that.

[PiccoloPrincipe]

Something I would do.

They own several and tell their significant other they are going to sell other to justify recent purchase, but really don't want to sell ANYTHING.

How's this for pricing a bowlback mandolin enthusiastically: $3,500 ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mart...item3a88cd55f5

[houseworker]

That Luke Thompson is "no longer available".

[Ron Cox]

Hope I did this right
http:// http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENTUCKY-MANDOLIN-A-STYLE-KMIOOS-SAGA-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT-HANDCRAFTED-CASE-/171124002985?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d7c9 10a9

Now I got one of those new when they came out, and they don't make it any more, but they aren't worth that much, are they? Maybe it's the handcrafted case. Mine's only a chipboard.

[houseworker]

Just think what it would have been worth with the original tailpiece cover!

[Ron Cox]

I know where you can get one just like that WITH tailpiece cover and strap! For only an little more! He he.

I love my Saga, though it's not a Gibson, Martin or the like. It's my first and has been with me for +20 years. Would I spend a grand for another? Not likely. Nice though it is, for that money there is better out there.

[Jim Garber]

Cute little flattop by an old luthier with a replaced top. The price is unreasonable and the top has been replaced, so whatever vintage value is gone.

[pfox14]

Looking at the grain on the headstock, it looks like it has an oak neck. I don't know where people come up with these prices.

[Dan Margolis]

Amazing and delusional.

[Jim Garber]

Not a ridiculous price but... can't this person tell that the photo is useless. Obviously, he/she can take a clear photo of the case.

[Bernie Daniel]

Not a ridiculous price but... can't this person tell that the photo is useless. Obviously, he/she can take a clear photo of the case.

Well that's hillbillyengineering for you!!

[Bertram Henze]

Not a ridiculous price but... can't this person tell that the photo is useless. Obviously, he/she can take a clear photo of the case.

That's what you get when you shoot a picture with a machine gun.

[peterk]

Is this art in the eye of the beholder too ? BIN price is $999.99, accepting offers too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vint...item2ecee2a0d1

[PaulaJ]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Anti...item338a752789

[Eddie Sheehy]

A magician's mandolin case - look, it's really empty... no smoke, no mirrors...

[JeffD]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Anti...item338a752789

Oh my.

[JeffD]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Anti...item338a752789

Oh my.

[Jim Garber]

For hysterical porpoises. As we used to say in the wilds of Brooklyn, "a real bargain at half the price."

[mrmando]

Here's an intact version of more or less the same case for a starting bid of $6.99: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTI...item51b98ac563

I have a similar one that's also falling apart, but not as badly as the one Jim posted.

Anyhow, here's a Washburn Jethro Burns F5 that evidently was actually built by George Washburn and traded in to a store by Jethro himself! Because if Jethro wanted to get rid of it, then it MUST be worth $3.5K... http://bgky.craigslist.org/msg/4343691442.html

[mrmando]

Ooh! A refinished/restored Gibson A4! Too bad all that restoration effort wasn't applied to the case instead of the mandolin.

If the instrument were in mint condition but had a crummy case like this, I'd think it worth $1750 max. A nice refinish like this one should knock that price down by 500 or 600 bucks. This seller is challenging that notion, and seems to think the refin has doubled the value rather than reducing it.

http://nh.craigslist.org/msg/4349634167.html

[Bernie Daniel]

Ooh! A refinished/restored Gibson A4! Too bad all that restoration effort wasn't applied to the case instead of the mandolin.

If the instrument were in mint condition but had a crummy case like this, I'd think it worth $1750 max. A nice refinish like this one should knock that price down by 500 or 600 bucks. This seller is challenging that notion, and seems to think the refin has doubled the value rather than reducing it.

http://nh.craigslist.org/msg/4349634167.html

Kind of interesting. The pictures are not that diagnostic but it looks a grand refinishing? Who did that sunburst for example?

Suppose you did not know any better and bought it -- you'd have a wonderful looking mandolin!

Now whatever happened to the A-4 project done up by the Mandolin Cafe luthiers a few years back!

[Bill Snyder]

It sold for over $5000.00 and I think was resold again after that.

[Bernie Daniel]

It sold for over $5000.00 and I think was resold again after that.

Thanks for the information Bill -- I do recall it was auctioned right? Well it was a one of a kind for suire.

I suppose that this Craig's list A-4 is kind of the same idea -- obviously not the same level of work (I assume).

But still I think the right person who is interested in a player and also likes non-distressed would find it a nice catch -- albeit not cheap.

[mrmando]

The refinished A4 looks like a desirable mandolin for sure, it's just that the pricing is out of line.