Anglogeezer Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Now, for the past few weeks I have been posting messages about concertinas that I have discovered are coming up for auction. It might be easier for you and less work for me if I just gave you all the links to the sites that I'm using!! The first is https://www.ukauctioneers.com/ a site that brings together the catalogues of many auction houses in the UK. Go to LOT SEARCH put in concertinas and away you go. You'll also get hits on "concertina doors", "concertina cards" etc ignore those!! The second is http://www.invaluable.com/ . This is an international site so you'll need to filter the results appropriately. I used this site to review past auctions and discovered that 17 Wheatstones and 21 Lachenals had been througth the various auction houses since January 2013, and 17 Rock Chidleys since 2000. (In the UK alone) Here are some past Wheatstone prices for you to ponder - 48 English metal ends, No 28089 = £1000 48 English rosewood ends, No 21155 = £650 10 button Anglo??No 28204 (minature) = £650 56 English Ebonised ends, No 34690 = £450 48 English Ebonised ends, No 32828 = £460 48 English Rosewood ends, No 19654 = £850 48 English metal ends, No 30899 = £950 Tricky image - 37/38 button Anglo No 54785 = £1500: Here are some past Lachenal prices - 48 English wooden ends No 47770 = £180 20 Anglo wooden ends = £220 56 Edeophone No 39291 = £ 0 (failed to sell/make reserve) 48 English wooden ends = £40 - missing one button & thumb straps 24 Anglo wooden ends No 109517 = £160 33 Anglo? wooden ends = £800 Many of the others listed failed to sell. Of course the true condition of the concertins is unkown as the descriptions are very brief. Soo, they are out there and they are coming up at auction. regards Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly0312 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 ...holy gucamole, a person could really squander full days away looking at all the interesting "auctions". That is a world I've never been exposed to. And that is not even looking at the concertinas!!! Don't let me start that vice also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob McGranny Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 An auction site that I have found very good isThesaleroom.com It consolidates auction rooms from all over the UK and beyond.. You will usually find one or 2 concertinas there. At the moment there is well over a dozen since Gardiner Houlgate (auction house) have just published their catalogue for their qiuarterly musical instrument auction. They usually have a few Wheatstones and Jeffries in their sales.. but also Banjo's, Mandolins, Flutes and tons on fiddles.. you can go direct to their site and see what they sold in the past.. The saleroom also allow you to listen live to some auctions over t'internet and online bidding.. The ultimate time waster.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psmooze Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Has anybody any idea what kind of beast this is: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-2896795/lot-23626884?searchitem=true Regards, p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Has anybody any idea what kind of beast this is: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-2896795/lot-23626884?searchitem=true Regards, p The ledgers indicate that's it's possibly AG - Anglo German? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psmooze Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Yeah, but a four row one? and each row having 14 keys? I'm just wondering what the layout/rationale of such a thing would be. p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Wheatstone did make some large key count anglos in the early 1920s and there was a thread here a couple of years ago about some of them. I can't remember the thread tile. I think they were all specials and I'd hazard a guess that none of them above 40 keys became a standard model. I've got a 47 key version and Vic Gammon has a 50-something version. The layout of mine is the basic 40 key version with a couple of additional accidentals at the high and low end of the scale and more alternatives for existing notes in the alternative bellows direction. The rationale is probably the same as for large key count Jeffries - to enable more legato playing whilst retaining the rhythmic bounce of the anglo. Of course, it's also possible that this particular instrument has more drone buttons on the 4th row like the anglo-duet which regularly appear on ebay Alex West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzertino Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 It is 8" across - so I would expect some lower notes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Collicutt Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Has anybody any idea what kind of beast this is: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-2896795/lot-23626884?searchitem=true Regards, p Well, I bought it so photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/102422157715533932644/WheatstoneAGDuet?authkey=Gv1sRgCJbd9MbsqYWA7QE#6061592887563220450 Video here: http://youtu.be/zblnfg0AQck It is in F/C. Edited September 21, 2014 by Graham Collicutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psmooze Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Thanks for that! p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Graham Well done - it looks like a fabulous instrument! I see you're describing it as an AngloDuet; have you had time yet to produce a key map and are there a lot of drone buttons? Alex West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Well done - it looks like a fabulous instrument! I see you're describing it as an AngloDuet; have you had time yet to produce a key map and are there a lot of drone buttons? If you expand the photos of the buttons that Graham has provided, you'll see he's labelled them with their notes. And the "duet" part is apparently due to the fact that several of the additional buttons are unisonoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks Jim - I hadn't opened the pictures when I asked Alex West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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