O'Riordan Huge Irish Whistle Set on EBay

KDMARTINKY · Post by **KDMARTINKY** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:47 am

Nice set to rich for my blood....seller asking starting bid of $1200

O'Riordan Huge Irish Whistle Set - Flute tinwhistle
Nine keys, 6 Mouthpieces: Low D, E/F, G, A/Bb, C/D, Eb!

Heres the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 15411&rd=1

TooTs · Post by **TooTs** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:07 am

I would have thought she would have done better selling them seperately.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:19 am

That's not a he...its a she....wish there was a 'buy it now' option!

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:22 am

Boy, I guess she really has lost her Whoa. It's so sad when something that bad happens to someone you care about.

Erik

TooTs · Post by **TooTs** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:23 am

Sorry, i've corrected it.

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:54 am

Tyghress wrote:That's not a he...its a she....wish there was a 'buy it now' option!

There was, she tried to sell this (or a similar) set on the board some time ago and has taken it to e-bay.

Edited to insert the previous offer made on this forum, gives an interesting price indication (I remembered it because I consider this sort of prices as absolute madness):

I have a set of O'Riordan traveller whistles (black anodized aluminum bodies, delrin mouthpieces and nickel-plated trim) that consists of (from low to high): Low D, Low E/F, Low G, A/Bb, C, and D/Eb (that's NINE different keys on six mouthpieces), all in nice handmade roll-up bags. They are in new condition. I have been offered $6,000 for the set. I told the person I would pose it to the forum, because a lot of people want these and would be mad at me if I didn't at least give the opportunity to say no. So, if you want to offer me more than $6000, please contact me.

I will keep a running tally of the highest offer. At some point (maybe in a week or so), I will sell the set. I will give individuals who contact me the right to decline to make a higher offer before I commit to selling to someone. So I guess it's a private auction with a rather high starting bid.
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PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:35 am

If nominated, I will not bid; if elected, I will not pay.

Nice set; but I won't be entering this competition. I just wanted to win one e-bay auction and am happy with the Traveller C/D set I won months ago. I already have the Low G and D, and am awaiting a Bflat/A set from Pat, so my Travelling days are over.

As a collector, there's just something special about these whistles. That said, as a player (wannabe), though I haven't picked up anything in several months but my Burke black tip D and Sindt C and occasionally Copeland G and Burke Viper for some moody airs. And I play every day.

Good luck to all!

Philo

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:34 pm

I'd guess that these will go for at least twice the current bid, presumably quite a bit more. Even if people are put off by the large number offered, some investor will realise that they can be bought together and sold on separately.

Whilst I'd love to try an O'Riordan or two to see what they are like and own them if they are as nice as people say, I'm not ever going to pay the prices they are fetching now. No whistle is worth that much to me. If I could currently afford this set, I'd buy another button box.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:43 pm

ErikT wrote:Boy, I guess she really has lost her Whoa. It's so sad when something that bad happens to someone you care about.

Erik

When I see auctions like I that, I tend to think in terms of lost jobs. I suppose based upon my own history.

I really hope that the reason for the sale is as benign as lost Whoa.

I'd have bought them in 2000, when I was awash in internet dot-com money

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:29 pm

It appears that the seller is Jessie Driscoll (selling on eBay as 2Driscolls).

Jessie's mentioned before on the board that she's selling some of her impressive whistle collection to convert the investment to savings for her daughter's education.

Best wishes,
Jerry

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:38 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:It appears that the seller is Jessie Driscoll (selling on eBay as 2Driscolls).

Jessie's mentioned before on the board that she's selling some of her impressive whistle collection to convert the investment to savings for her daughter's education.

Best wishes,
Jerry

a baby can make a lot of sense

alespa · Post by **alespa** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:28 pm

KDMARTINKY wrote:Nice set to rich for my blood....

But I see there's another whistle on ebay that's not TOO rich, eh?

KDMARTINKY · Post by **KDMARTINKY** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:49 pm

LOL any whistle between $3 and $300 is fair game, but $1200 LOL

First I would have to get $1200 for the whistles and another $2000 for a divorce lawyer. Then about $400 to $600 for child support.

LOL...No, $1200 is just to rich for me.

alespa · Post by **alespa** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:27 pm

You could always buy them and turn around and break them up individually???? I think there are enough different people out there that would love to buy one or a few, but I can't imagine many people who will pay for them all at once for the same money . . .

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:17 am

KDMARTINKY wrote:LOL any whistle between $3 and $300 is fair game, but $1200 LOL
First I would have to get $1200 for the whistles and another $2000 for a divorce lawyer. Then about $400 to $600 for child support.

LOL...No, $1200 is just to rich for me.

And $1200 doesn't even meet the reserve, as you can see on the Ebay page. I imagine that to meet the reserve, you'd have to multiply the number of whistles by about $600.

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