Private Collection of Violins popped up on E-Bay

May 1, 2007 at 3:24 AM

They were mostly 50 to 100 year old German Violins from a private collection that took 40 years to collect.

There was an undisclosed reserve price on each that must have been about $500. Only one violin sold out of about eight.

I wasn't "in" the market but chased one to $210 and didn't get it. I knew it was worth more but I have a lot of haying expenses coming up before I sell any hay to get a profit going again.

Some one, in my opinion, didn't keep the listing for a week or longer and got in and out before very many people saw what was going on. Then they ended bidding on a Sunday. Well my computer goes off Saturday night and I don't turn it back on until Monday morning, so that didn't work either.

Then, the double safety net was missing - there was no return privilege and no certificate of value from a Luthier. That's a big "no no!" Five hundred bucks sight unseen from Holland and we have to take your word for the sound and guess at the value - I don't think so.

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