Saxophones need help identifying 3 old silver plated saxes for my grandparents(bueschers)

[Dr G]

Yes a C Melody. Early 1921 made in Elkhorn.

Keep talking. You help keep the prices down. Thirty bids by eleven people. Five were active at the end when the price went from $100 to $252 at closing.
The total delivered is $296 with tax & shipping.

I'd really love to know what happens with such horns after the sale. Decorations? Buying them to learn and then giving up when they don't work? I wonder how many buyers realize how difficult it can be to get a decent tone on any saxophone, much less an antique with ample leaks.

That's outside my sphere so I really don't know. Do we have data regarding outcomes of sales? Feedback after 6 months?

 

[PigSquealer]

I'd really love to know what happens with such horns after the sale. Decorations? Buying them to learn and then giving up when they don't work? I wonder how many buyers realize how difficult it can be to get a decent tone on any saxophone, much less an antique with ample leaks.

That's outside my sphere so I really don't know. Do we have data regarding outcomes of sales? Feedback after 6 months?

Great question ! Other than the people I help and members here, I have no clue what people do with them.

 

[JayeNM]

Closed sold listing on EBay is currently showing 77 sold in last 90 days.
Units like the OP has with a case are closing at $190 -$275.
Only two listings closed under $100 as parts .
Eleven sold north of $500

But suggestions of a local sale, which most repliers agree is a good way to go for this OP, certainly will not get anywhere close to what you note.

Of course, IF OP wants to deal with packing and shipping and possibility of a dispute or 'not as described' issue raised by buyer because seller is not sax-aware....then yeah, ostensibly they can bank a bit more.

The bari could probably get $600 on an auction site, actually....but again, is it worth the hassle to someone who doesn't have experience listing or shipping saxes ?

(As an aside, brother....if you EVER TEXT ME an auction listing of a c-mel ....again....I will truly cross the desert , even via foot....and strangle you at your front door )😳

 

[turf3]

Someone who doesn't like fruitcake? (assuming no pond differences here...a cake containing large quantities of currents and sultanas, fruit peel, perhaps glace cherries, sometimes alcohol, consumed especially (heavily iced, with a layer of marzipan) at Christmas and weddings?). All the more for me!

Here in the US fruitcake has become some kind of pop-culture joke. I don't understand it, because I like fruitcake. What you're describing is pretty much what I think of as fruitcake except I've never seen it with icing.

I suppose lousy stale fruitcake isn't very good, but you can say that about anything. Here in the US the standard is the fruitcake from Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Tex. I THINK they ship worldwide (hint hint).

Well, OK, the REAL standard is my mother-in-law's fruitcake (imagine, soaking in brandy for a week...), but she's not making it any more. Or doing anything.

 

[cappers]

Isn't it from the saying 'Nutty as a fruitcake' ?

 

[PigSquealer]

But suggestions of a local sale, which most repliers agree is a good way to go for this OP, certainly will not get anywhere close to what you note.

Of course, IF OP wants to deal with packing and shipping and possibility of a dispute or 'not as described' issue raised by buyer because seller is not sax-aware....then yeah, ostensibly they can bank a bit more.

The bari could probably get $600 on an auction site, actually....but again, is it worth the hassle to someone who doesn't have experience listing or shipping saxes ?

(As an aside, brother....if you EVER TEXT ME an auction listing of a c-mel ....again....I will truly cross the desert , even via foot....and strangle you at your front door )😳

Sure, Local is the best hassle free way. The buyer can benefit from seeing the product in hand, cash deal without tax or shipping costs. The seller benefits from lower risk and no fees. Selling local and completing a transaction still takes you time.
Many sites have little to no listing fee.

We have no idea what US region the OP is located. Value default is viewed as national or international marketplace. Fleabay operates as auction, fixed price and offers. Different dynamics for better results a value.
That said you are 100% correct that local or regional prices realized will differ. Within the this realm prices realized can differ too. Locally a social sales site, classified Ad, yard sale or music store will all net different prices realized for the exact same item.
Liquidation VS retail you wouldn’t expect the same return would you ?

At least I texted a Holton C. Next time I’ll send the bagpipes listing

 

[PigSquealer]

I'd really love to know what happens with such horns after the sale. Decorations? Buying them to learn and then giving up when they don't work? I wonder how many buyers realize how difficult it can be to get a decent tone on any saxophone, much less an antique with ample leaks.

That's outside my sphere so I really don't know. Do we have data regarding outcomes of sales? Feedback after 6 months?

I also have no data or clues on overbid on altos. SN#81510 places this into a series 3 “Master”. One of 20k made. Great alto, but at + $400 delivered 🤯 as a project horn😬. Nothing special about the mouthpiece either. I’ve never seen any alto on Salvation Army pass 100 bids.

 

[JayeNM]

I also have no data or clues on overbid on altos. SN#81510 places this into a series 3 “Master”. One of 20k made. Great alto, but at + $400 delivered 🤯 as a project horn😬. Nothing special about the mouthpiece either. I’ve never seen any alto on Salvation Army pass 100 bids.

Super suspect....I have never seen a GW item receive more than fifty....and those were for a pretty darn desirable model...

 

[skeller047]

Regarding fruitcake, my grandmother’s recipe for it was delicious. Rich, flavorful, full of wintertime goodness. Part of that goodness was the requirement that it be wrapped in cheesecloth soaked in rum for a few weeks before serving…

I never understood growing up why people dissed it so much. Then I had some commercially made stuff and the scales fell from my eyes. Or is it tongue?

 

[LostCircuits]

Regarding fruitcake, my grandmother’s recipe for it was delicious. Rich, flavorful, full of wintertime goodness. Part of that goodness was the requirement that it be wrapped in cheesecloth soaked in rum for a few weeks before serving…

I never understood growing up why people dissed it so much. Then I had some commercially made stuff and the scales fell from my eyes. Or is it tongue?

Have you ever tried "Stollen" from a German deli? Or in Germany?

 

[PigSquealer]

Regarding fruitcake, my grandmother’s recipe for it was delicious. Rich, flavorful, full of wintertime goodness. Part of that goodness was the requirement that it be wrapped in cheesecloth soaked in rum for a few weeks before serving…

I never understood growing up why people dissed it so much. Then I had some commercially made stuff and the scales fell from my eyes. Or is it tongue?

I can bring fruitcake and a C Melody to the gig on Thursday I have nine flavors to choose from 🤣.

 

[Woodpad]

My favorite fruitcake is not seen as such by most people. Technically cacao is a fruit, so I named it technically fruitcake. Cacao from New Guinea has a smoked flavor as it is dried near a wood fire. Combined with a dash of pimento it gives a wonderful chocolate cake. Serve with rum.

 

[skeller047]

I can bring fruitcake and a C Melody to the gig on Thursday I have nine flavors to choose from 🤣.

Has any been wrapped in a rum (or whisky) soaked cloth for at least a week? If so, bring it. It’s the closest I come to any kind of booze these days…

Otherwise just bring yourself. Seriously, with the two of us in the room, that’s enough fruitcake for any joint…

 

[JayeNM]

I never understood growing up why people dissed it so much. Then I had some commercially made stuff and the scales fell from my eyes. Or is it tongue?

That is exactly why...you cannot preserve and prepackage some things. Italian Pannetone is another example of this....

 

[JayeNM]

Have you ever tried "Stollen" from a German deli? Or in Germany?

I have stolen from a German deli several times....both in Germany and here...why do you ask ?

 

[LostCircuits]

I have stolen from a German deli several times....both in Germany and here...why do you ask ?

In Germany that would be considered "Mund Raub", a minor misdemeanor as long as you actually ate the stuff

 

[mizmar]

That is exactly why...you cannot preserve and prepackage some things. Italian Pannetone is another example of this....

But Panforte can last decades .… And is the Italian version of fruitcake.

I actually made paneforte once because the otherhalf's mother wanted Pannetone at Christmas. Oops

 

[Woodpad]

In Germany that would be considered "Mund Raub", a minor misdemeanor as long as you actually ate the stuff

Only when the amount and value of the consumed goods are small. In Germany and Switzerland Mund Raub is not regarded as a form of theft in the law.

 

[LostCircuits]

Only when the amount and value of the consumed goods are small. In Germany and Switzerland Mund Raub is not regarded as a form of theft in the law.

Yeah but think of @JayeNM walking out with an armload of food? Unconceivable!

Or maybe...?

 

[Woodpad]

Yeah but think of @JayeNM walking out with an armload of food? Unconceivable!

Or maybe...?

And miss on saying that he was warned when we visit him in a German jail?