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Antique Store Prices
By Kevin McElhone

[ In 000805 MMD Mark Fudge wrote about prices posted in a store
 [ in Derbyshire UK.

I would have thought you could get a nice 88-note Weber player
grand here in UK for under GBP 3,000 rather than GBP 9,000!  Lots
of dealers in many countries don't have a clue when it comes to
mechanical music.  They rarely see anything, and because they are
'tone deaf' or have never heard a fully restored or rebuilt item,
they presume the instrument sounds as it should.

In an antique mall 5 miles from me there was a cylinder musical box
with 4 missing teeth, 9 missing tips, had had a 'run' and was generally
in poor shape.  The owner knows me and was surprised I had not shown
any interest.  The reason was the price tag: GBP 950.

He asked me to make an offer, and when I explained what was wrong
with it and the cost of repairs and offered him GBP 300 for, it his
reply was, "Thanks for the info.  Don't worry, I will find a mug who
does not know as much as you do about it."  That's another place
I won't be buying from.

As to the 65-note roll at 35 pounds, I can't even get 3 pounds for the
100 or so rolls that I have for disposal, so please, Mark, tell me who
buys them...

Kevin McElhone


(Message sent Sun 6 Aug 2000, 07:20:15 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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