Jako Laubscher Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I have a 2-row Linota with serial number 50345. It was my father in law's and my wife want to sell it. Can anybody please tell us what it is worth? We had enquiries from all over South Africa and some said it is only worth R2000. Can someone confirm this, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) frankly, my guess would rather be even less (it seems to be a far cry from what we would usually expect from the brand name Linota I‘m afraid) anyway, good luck with the sale Edited December 1, 2023 by Wolf Molkentin typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Wolf Molkentin said: frankly, my guess would rather be even less (it seems to be a far cry from what we would usually expect from the brand name Linota I‘m afraid) anyway, good luck with the sale I wouldn't say it's worth less than 2000 rand. With the exchange rate vs the dollar, that'd be less than $110 USD. If the concertina is in good condition, decent in tune, bellows free of holes and no damage, it would be sensible to expect greater than $300-$400 I think. I've seen mediocre to awful lachenal 20 buttons go for more. It always depends on the market your advertising in. I've played 20 button wheatstone linotas before and I enjoyed them significantly more than the lachenals I've had. It just always depends. Jacko, I'd suggest listing it for sale on eBay and allow it to be internationally ordered. The South African market is not like the rest of the world when it comes to concertinas. It's raining post-war wheatstones in South Africa, you're more likely to get more for your sale if it's advertised to the US or UK or Europe. I personally wouldn't settle for that low of a number but just bare in mind that 20 button concertinas do not fetch nearly as much as 30 button instruments. Edited December 1, 2023 by Oberon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I‘m sorry, I perfectly agree, apparently got it wrong by one digit when conververting into Euros… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Laubscher Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Thanking you both for your reply. I have never advertised on ebay before and am a bit sceptic of how and if it works from a South African side. But it is worth Googling I suppose. Never too old a dog, to learn new tricks😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Laubscher Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 As we are on a "Wheatsone note", I would appreciate it very much if you could more or less "guestimate" what the other 2 concertinas I have in my possession would propably go for? Photos inserted... First one is a 3 3/4 serial number 58699 (first 4 photos.) Then 3 row serial number 54578 . It looks like it could have been painted black, but not sure... (3 photos attached.)(IMG_20231207_121425; IMG_20231207_121452; IMG_20231207_121514) Thanking you in advance... Regards Chrissie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Why "Wheatstone" on the nameplates, I wonder? I've not seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) I've seen a fair number of those name plates on post war wheatstones, so that's not so unusual to me. The value of these concertinas depends on their playability and internal condition. As standard, 6 fold bellows and 30 buttons is bound to be of interest to the Irish traditional music crowd, (the metal ended one has 9 folds and presumably more than 38 buttons!) but 5 fold bellows is a bit more restrictive, so the value of the black one might be less than the metal ended one. Post war wheatstones will not likely fetch as much as a pre war model, but if the metal ended model is in good playing condition and it's in the keys of C/G, I've seen them go for over $2,000 USD. But you'd have to confirm the keys they're in for sure. Bb/F is not as valuable on the market as C/G for example It would be work taking photos of the reed pans too, if you feel you can take the boxes apart carefully (and don't leave them open for too long mind you, do a bit of reading on the subject of disassembly before hand). Wheatstone had a number of different assembly methods for their reeds at this time and that too affects value. Edited December 9, 2023 by Oberon Added a bit of info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Laubscher Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Thank you all so much. Must say, I am a bit wary to remove the sides to look at the reeds... But thank you altogether. Greetings from sunny South Africa 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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