Alan Day Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 A lovely Wheatstone English on Flog it today.There was also a picture of the X owner who played it ,but shown from a distance.If any member here purchased it,I would be grateful if you could tell us who he was. I reckon you got a bargain. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 By the conversation, by the location, by the instrument ( a 64 Aeola).... could this have been the final concertina of Gordon Cutty ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle's cook Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Here it is (for the next 29 days) on BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mkdqs/flog-it-series-8-6-sunderland The feature starts at 33 mins, the picture of the former owner mentioned above it at 37mins 37 seconds. The only photo I could find of Gordon Cutty at a younger age is at https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/records/gordoncutty.html(click on first album to enlarge) which to my eye is similar, but not sure it's conclusive. An associated invoice is shown at 37mins 35 seconds for two thumb straps made out to a Mr J Smith on 7 March 1926 (12 years after the concertina was made - so a likely 'consumable'). Instrument number is 26546 for anyone curious and it sold for £2,200 (+ probably 20% in commission/fees). As Alan says above, someone has been lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Lucky indeed. A telephone bidder. I wonder who it was. Presumably someone confident enough to bid on the basis of the catalogue description and photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 A lovely Wheatstone English on Flog it today.There was also a picture of the X owner who played it ,but shown from a distance.If any member here purchased it,I would be grateful if you could tell us who he was. I reckon you got a bargain. Al A lovely Wheatstone English on Flog it today.There was also a picture of the X owner who played it ,but shown from a distance.If any member here purchased it,I would be grateful if you could tell us who he was. I reckon you got a bargain. Al Actually, this is a repeat of an old Flog It programme, first shown on September 2009, nearly six years ago, when prices would, presumably, have been a bit lower then but still a bargain, nevertheless, considering I paid £3250 for mine three years ago and I thought I had done well at that price. Chris Algar currently has a nice metal-ended Aeola 56 key tenor-treble for sale dating from 1924. His asking price? £4399! Phew!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Crabb Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) A lovely Wheatstone English on Flog it today.There was also a picture of the X owner who played it ,but shown from a distance.If any member here purchased it,I would be grateful if you could tell us who he was. I reckon you got a bargain. Al A lovely Wheatstone English on Flog it today.There was also a picture of the X owner who played it ,but shown from a distance.If any member here purchased it,I would be grateful if you could tell us who he was. I reckon you got a bargain. Al Actually, this is a repeat of an old Flog It programme, first shown on September 2009, nearly six years ago, when prices would, presumably, have been a bit lower then but still a bargain, nevertheless, considering I paid £3250 for mine three years ago and I thought I had done well at that price. Chris Algar currently has a nice metal-ended Aeola 56 key tenor-treble for sale dating from 1924. His asking price? £4399! Phew!! Chris And quite a bit of discussion then (2009), search 'Flog it' (Forums). Geoffrey Edited August 25, 2015 by Geoffrey Crabb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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