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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.

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Posted

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?

Posted

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

Posted (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.

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Posted
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.

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

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

Posted

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

Posted

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.

Posted

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.

Posted
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

Posted

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

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

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.

  • 2 weeks later...
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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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