Wheatstone English Concertinas

[griffinga]

This auction house will be offering a number of older Wheatstone English concertinas. Most appear to be in good or better condition.

Shipping to the US might be expensive via a 3rd party.

 

 

http://www.campbellsauctions.co.uk/

[jdms]

The appropriate page of the online catalog(ue):

 

http://www.campbellsauctions.co.uk/Catalogues/gs120213/page9.html

[SteveS]

Aeola treble £2100

and what I believe is a baritone for £1100

metal ended treble £950

(plus premium)

Edited February 12, 2013 by SteveS

[cjmiller]

The Aeola is an interesting concertina. If I'm reading the ledger correctly it is quite the literally the last of the pre-war concertinas. Between the first notation (16 July) and the date completed (17 August), it's hard to imagine a 30 day period that changed the world more than that one.

 

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1914.html

[Myrtle's cook]

And lot 261, a rosewood ended treble, admitedly with good looking 6 fold bellows, went for £860 (plus buyers commission).

 

Strong prices in today's market given that they may all require some work (the baritone's thumb straps had disentigrated hinting that no work had been done for some time). Given that the end screws on all of these boxes were unfouled, they might at least not have suffered any bodgings in the past(?). That said, the aeola looked in very good condition (one of those '81 fret' models?).