Ptarmigan Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) Is anyone else watching the progress of this rather tasty looking 1927 Wheatstone Aeola on eBay right now? Here's the link to a video Cheers Dick Edited May 1, 2011 by Ptarmigan
SteveS Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) Is anyone else watching the progress of this rather tasty looking 1927 Wheatstone Aeola on eBay right now? Here's the link to a video Cheers Dick Dick Watching it yes, fancying it yes, sadly not bidding tho. Steve PS Mind you winning from UK would probably result in additional very hefty import duties & VAT. Edited May 1, 2011 by SteveS
saguaro_squeezer Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 Steve, Seen that one but again, sadly, not a Crane.
jggunn Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 One very similar one sold on ebay a couple of years ago for about 6000
SteveS Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 Is anyone else watching the progress of this rather tasty looking 1927 Wheatstone Aeola on eBay right now? Here's the link to a video Cheers Dick Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it?
Ptarmigan Posted May 2, 2011 Author Posted May 2, 2011 Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Cheers Dick
SteveS Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Cheers Dick Interestingly, it appears as though a well known UK dealer bid $6500 in the last few seconds but was outbid by an automatic higher bid. He was obviously prepared to pay an estimated additional £1000 import duties and VAT. Edited May 2, 2011 by SteveS
JimLucas Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Interestingly, it appears as though a well known UK dealer bid $6500 in the last few seconds but was outbid by an automatic higher bid. He was obviously prepared to pay an estimated additional £1000 import duties and VAT. And the winner was willing to pay at least $6600... possibly much more. Because of the way eBay works, it's essentially the second-highest bidder that sets the final price, in this case $100 more than the $6500 bid, even if the winner had entered a maximum "bid" of $10,000 into the system.
smallcoals Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? yes, i won it :-) So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Cheers Dick
smallcoals Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? yes, i won it :-) cost me a nights sleep So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Cheers Dick
Stephen Chambers Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 yes, i won it cost me a nights sleep Congratulations, it looks to be a very beautiful instrument. What better way to lose a night's sleep?
SteveS Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? yes, i won it :-) Congratulations! I like the fact that some interesting provenance comes with the instrument.
smallcoals Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? yes, i won it :-) Congratulations! I like the fact that some interesting provenance comes with the instrument. yes how i read it was the owner seen a concert with and English concertina player ordered the best Wheatstone he could get with a beginners tutor book. it hardly looks played so guess he did not take to it.
smallcoals Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 yes, i won it cost me a nights sleep Congratulations, it looks to be a very beautiful instrument. What better way to lose a night's sleep? lol it was a long night and after i won it i was to thrilled to go to sleep, good job it was the bank holiday. if it plays as good as it looks i will be chuffed
smallcoals Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 so that means i may need to sell my lovely loyal lach 'new model' 56 extop, dipper bellows, dipper riveted action good tone and very load, not forgetting glass buttons
Colin M Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Sold for $6600. Anyone on this forum lucky enough to win it? yes, i won it :-) So, about £3,960 then. Seems like about the going rate. Although, if someone over here bought it & has to ship it back to the UK, that is of course going to mean a rather hefty chunk will need to be added onto the final overall cost. Cheers Dick I have imported eBay concertinas from Australia and USA and in both cases quoted UK customs commodity code is 9705000090 in the shipping papers which simply involved paying 5% VAT as a collector's item. Indeed I don't in fact recall paying anything at all but of course they may have tightened up. I bid on this concertina but chickened out pretty early. Delighted to hear it is coming back to the UK.
smallcoals Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 just had a very well known maker and repairer fit new pads to it, he was very impressed and said the price was a steal
Ptarmigan Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 just had a very well known maker and repairer fit new pads to it, he was very impressed and said the price was a steal Mmmmm I really look forward to hearing it, now!
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