Mellotronists

When I see items like this appear on eBay, I like to make a wild guess
on what the winning bid would be, and I figured it would go for
$5,000-$6,000. Like I was on The Price Is Right, competing with three
other contestants. I'd be the one dressed up like an art critic...the
old lady with the horn to her ear like on the cover of the Atomic
Rooster album.

These eBay consignment folks tend to charge 25% to list items they
estimate are worth over $50...at least around my neighborhood. The
same shop lists rare record albums for a flat fee of five dollars
each. That's a touchy situation there, since if you don't get the
grading exactly right, a negative feedback falls back on the shop.

I'm glad somebody took the time to take some good hi-res clickzoom
shots of the unit; highlighting the defects...in this case the cracks
in the plexiglass. I wonder how a consigner handles a reserve price
not met issue.

I've purchased a number of intricate items on eBay that looked like
they were photographed with a frame grammer using a Fisher-Price
PixelVision PXL-2000 toy camcorder, transferred via fax, and then scanned!

"is that a real poncho...I mean is that a Mexican poncho...or is that
a Sears poncho?"

Your range sounds about right to me.  Maybe $6500 tops.
BTW, I think you mean "Let's Make a Deal?" (re: contestants
dressing up).

My guess is, the $9000 figure came from the fact that Markus
charges that for a plexiglass one.  The thing he's missing
is, demand has gotta be absolutely zero for that.

Though $5200 is reasonable for a white one, and it's cool
they give you options for other cabinets.


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl" 
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> 
> When I see items like this appear on eBay, I like to make a wild 
guess
> on what the winning bid would be, and I figured it would go for
> $5,000-$6,000. Like I was on The Price Is Right, competing with 
three
> other contestants. I'd be the one dressed up like an art 
critic...the
> old lady with the horn to her ear like on the cover of the Atomic
> Rooster album.
> 
> These eBay consignment folks tend to charge 25% to list items they
> estimate are worth over $50...at least around my neighborhood. The
> same shop lists rare record albums for a flat fee of five dollars
> each. That's a touchy situation there, since if you don't get the
> grading exactly right, a negative feedback falls back on the shop.
> 
> I'm glad somebody took the time to take some good hi-res clickzoom
> shots of the unit; highlighting the defects...in this case the 
cracks
> in the plexiglass. I wonder how a consigner handles a reserve price
> not met issue.
> 
> I've purchased a number of intricate items on eBay that looked like
> they were photographed with a frame grammer using a Fisher-Price
> PixelVision PXL-2000 toy camcorder, transferred via fax, and then 
scanned!
> 
> "is that a real poncho...I mean is that a Mexican poncho...or is 
that
> a Sears poncho?"