robert stewart Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 https://www.ebay.com/itm/354531095961?hash=item528bb33599:g:S6cAAOSwk5Jjyi4b&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsGitZqxeYFeOdujEM%2FaxjikfMMzoNM9i6hDG%2BSQpg%2FKc2LHzRWx3n9e9Le9daY5%2B4EFFn%2FlUDO8YnbgZ54p2la6ebVo7b%2FGlatVgZOGxjj1Ncr19kXwshZOEJOtoEiczJbgNHiYGNT8kaaIsd2ArACd7f7N6Ih2TFq3LDrbUBiFlLW1MZwspIO4GiZ8Bicl30srwTOuI8Ezy2xkWe2bMm%2FkSoYFzUxQ%2F%2Bo%2B6eYTm05CV|tkp%3ABk9SR5rtkaC7YQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 looks like a basic Wheatstone, with spruce baffles and only four fold bellows. It shows none of the hallmark features of a middle or upper grade model. It looks as it it is relatively early. This 'tina will probably have brass reeds, you could potentially pick one up in the UK for less than £600.00. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert stewart Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Out of curiosity I messaged the seller, and he responded that he saw similar concertinas for sale online for between $4,000 and $7,000 (yes that is thousands). I wonder on what planet? RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 29 minutes ago, robert stewart said: Out of curiosity I messaged the seller, and he responded that he saw similar concertinas for sale online for between $4,000 and $7,000 (yes that is thousands). I wonder on what planet? RJ Or what he thought he meant by “similar.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papawemba Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 It was probably a Jeffries 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 1/22/2023 at 9:00 PM, d.elliott said: looks like a basic Wheatstone, with spruce baffles and only four fold bellows. It shows none of the hallmark features of a middle or upper grade model. It looks as it it is relatively early. The fretwork reveals that it's one of the Wheatstone concertinas made for the firm by Louis Lachenal, starting in 1848, so there's the sellers date estimate gone out the window already. It's very similar to #1563 in my collection, discussed in my paper Some Notes on Lachenal Concertina Production and Serial Numbers. As for the price... 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 One of the photos on the ebay listing shows serial number 12202 which appears twice in the ledgers for 1865 here and here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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