39B. Lachenal. At Auction, 10/11Th March. Corsham, Wilts, Uk.

[Anglogeezertoo]

At auction on 10/11th March by GARDINER HOULGATE, Auction Rooms, 9 Leafield Way, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9SW

 

Lot : 531.

Lachenal & Co English concertina, no. 26xx, with thirty-nine bone buttons on pierced wooden ends and six-fold bellows, within a fitted mahogany case.

see here : http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-srgard10044/lot-1e07424a-7148-42e6-acfc-a5b000fbbd75?utm_source=auction-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

Estimate £200/300

This seems to be a duet, not an english as described.

Jake

Edited February 19, 2016 by Anglogeezertoo

[conband]

Jake: My experience is that Gardiner Houlgate are very good at getting descriptions wrong. What is worse is if you explain to them they do nothing about it, and it seems they just couldn't care less.

 

Les