Re: Weekend Yard Sale score

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This week-end I found a second Chromonica II Deluxe at a yard sale near me.

I didn't know there had been several box designs, so I am now the happy
owner of the yellow and brown soft zipped up "pencilcase" box and a red and
brown plastic case. Yummy. I only paid 40 EUR for it which, while not cheap
was certainly a lot less than any of them have sold on ebay... It plays like
sh*t, but then I'm lead to understand that this model was practically
designed to play like sh*t ;-)

I rounded up my sale by purchasing a Larry Adler Pro 16 hole for 20 EUR.
It's dirty but seems fine. i'll just have to clean it et voila.

Interestingly enough, I could have bought three more harps I didn't have in
my collection at "reasonable" prices, but I thought two was enough. I love
yard sales !

Ben FELTEN, Editor
www.planetharmonica.com


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From: <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Weekend Yard Sale score


>
> Richard wrote:
> > I've been reflecting lately that eBay has destroyed the yard sale
> > bargain.
>
> While ebay may have destroyed yard sale and pawn shop bargains for items
like
> vintage Fender amplifiers and old Leica camera equipment, it has created
> marvelous opportunities in other areas.  For example, I have a fairly
complete
> collection of pre-WWII manufactured Marine Band harmonicas, all bought on
ebay
> for an average price of about $12 each.  I don't know how I would have
found
> these without ebay, it might have taken a lifetime of scouring antique and
> second-hand stores.
>
> I also have a few vintage microphones purchased from ebay, including a
pair of
> Lafayette crystal Slim-X clones ($20 for the pair), a Shure 545SD ($45
with two
> mic stands and three cables), a couple of Electro Voice 924s (crystal
lavalier
> mics, less than $15 each) and a beautiful Geloso crystal mic ($45), which
is
> easily worth three times what I paid for it.  I have also bought a few old
> handmade Meisterklasses for less than $20 each, and a couple of pieces of
> perfectly servicable Harman Kardon stereo equipment.
>
> -tim
>
>
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