One of the most expensive I've seen to date...

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:20 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0157432146

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:03 pm

Wow. That is one serious piece of quality kit, mind you, with high collectable antique value as well as musical. Whether that is a realistic starting price or even an achievable target I would wonder about. If it plays at a high level, then a serious pro period player might well think it worth top dollar. But that much??? Its about the same price as a mid-range family car....... or, as we've said before, a mid range professional bassoon or cello....

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:13 pm

The Monzani is dirt cheap by comparison:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0168685749

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:24 pm

Guinness wrote:The Monzani is dirt cheap by comparison:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0168685749

Indeed, but then, interesting and lovely as they are, Monzanis are not all that rare, nor especially desirable to period specialists.

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:27 pm

Fek, if someone wants it for that price they can have it.

Jem stop encouraging them to raise the cost of old flutes!

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:01 pm

Hope I'm not encouraging that! I'm in favour of being realistic, in both directions. No point complaining when something special is rightly highly valued and hits that value when sold. However, I don't like to see things bid up way beyond their real worth: conversely, we all like it when we hit on a bargain other folk have missed. FWIW, other high end, high starting price flutes on eBay recently have not shifted - I'm thinking of a couple of post-Boehm types now.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:43 pm

For that price I wonder if he'd throw in a slightly more protective case.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:45 pm

Yeah. Very rare and he throws it in an old tackle box or whatever to rattle around and unwind the string and chip the ivory.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:03 pm

I think what you are seeing here is the value of the thing as an antique and as an object of "living history."

I don't really think the price is likely to be reflected in a proportionally superior sound over either other period flutes or modern flutes.

Just my $.02.

--James

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:53 pm

Don't suppose he mistyped that price?

Ronbo · Post by **Ronbo** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:36 pm

My first two houses cost less than that. Combined.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:14 pm

Additional Item Specifics

Condition: Used

Sure seems like an understatement if you ask me. . . .

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:17 am

Wormdiet wrote:
Additional Item Specifics

Condition: Used
Sure seems like an understatement if you ask me. . . .

springrobin · Post by **springrobin** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:00 am

Oh, I don't think this person wants to sell it on E-bay. The flute is listed so it will get traffic without incurring the commission. The listing instructs buyers to contact the seller for more detailed photos & serious enquiries.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:31 am

springrobin wrote:Oh, I don't think this person wants to sell it on E-bay. The flute is listed so it will get traffic without incurring the commission. The listing instructs buyers to contact the seller for more detailed photos & serious enquiries.

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