Hi there everyone,
Any advice on what would be a fair price for a Copeland Low F and a Copeland Low D Whistle in brass if they were to be put up for sale. Both in as new condition.
Thank you for your thoughts in advance.
Look at the top right hand side of this page for the ‘‘search’’ feature and click on it then put in the info you are looking for. And or go to the left side and click ‘‘board index’’ scroll down to the ‘‘used instrument exchange’’ and at the top of that page click on ‘‘sold and old’’. Lots of immediate information you looking for in both places.
No one here knows exactly how much the value is from day to day as it fluctuates depending on who is looking for what. Browsing the search or UIE will show what has occurred in the past. Good luck.
ytliek is spot on: it is not possible to predict the exact dollar value of either of your whistles. There is far too much variation in the market, and that market varies wildly from day to day. As it happens, I’ve been interested in observing the market for low Copeland whistles for some time. All we can do is point to actual sales data and wish you good luck from there!
Here, https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/ebay-alert-system-copeland-low-d/93039/1 I linked to a couple low D Copelands that were being sold on the great Fleabay recently. As you can see, the one I first linked to sold for a whopping $1250. The second one, sold about a month later, sold for a much more heartbreaking $560. (Heartbreaking, no doubt, to the seller and not so much the buyer!) Over the last few years I’ve seen them sell for as much as $1100 and as low as about $800 or so; and the lowest of all I’ve seen was in the neighborhood of $500. That’s a spread of $750!
Really, the only person that can answer your question, Nicky, is Nicky Finnegan – the fair price is the one both you and your buyer are happy and comfortable with. I can show you this data, and say that you stand a good chance of selling for somewhere in that range. But that’s not going to be terribly helpful!
As for the low F – that’s a much rarer beast. But rarity does not necessarily translate to higher prices because the market is much smaller. You still need the perfect storm of person wanting a low F whistle (not common) + person wanting a low F Copeland whistle (vanishingly rare) + that person being willing to fork out your price for it (of the one person interested in the whistle, they may not like the price so well and will not buy!).
I think someone sold a low F here on C&F a while back – a year or so ago. Check the archives to find the sale bulletin for that one.
EDIT: As it turns out, I just looked in the UIE and someone called Erica Jo just happens to be in the market for a low D Copeland – you might get in contact with her! Maybe she’ll also consider your low F!
A low G copeland just went for 1000 at the irish flute store, after a longish wait.
That’s a good venue. I would aim high and prepare to wait. If I may say so, I
think the F would sell.