robert stewart Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert stewart Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 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.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papawemba Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 It was probably a Jeffries 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 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... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 One of the photos on the ebay listing shows serial number 12202 which appears twice in the ledgers for 1865 here and here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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