here's a rare horn, at least according to the Antique RoadShow
http://www.pbs.org/video/2318705512/
http://www.pbs.org/video/2318705512/
Yup.Doesn't this make you question what these people are saying on all appraisals?
Yup.
Comments on Steve's comments:
I know I've talked about insurance cost vs. actual amount someone would pay for it. In the case of this SBA, if you were to replace it with a modern equivalent, you could argue for the Super 80 Serie III in lacquer finish, i.e. top-end non-custom Selmer sax. That's a $6700 horn at WWBW. The appraisal was for $7K to $9K. Currently, the highest price on eBay for a sold SBA alto is $6500. So, he's playing a bit fast and loose with numbers. Not terrible for the low end, mind you, but this is how you start overvaluing the horns and that makes everyone losers.
Are you also researching taxes, tariffs and import duties of the various countries you are researching ?The "list price" number is something I feel is completely made up. I've been researching Yanagisawa. On their UK website they list list prices. I went to another UK dealer that also had list prices that were much higher than what Yani, themselves, put out.
Why are retail prices in Canada for something much less than in the US if you buy those products with the US dollar vs the Canadian Loonie?
I know the flow varies with the exchange rate,I'm not sure what products you might be referring to, but my--and most Canadians--experience has been the prices in the US for most products is less in the US than here. That's why the crazy-ass long lineups at the border on weekends even when our dollar is at $.85 compared to the Greenback. However, once it starts to dip below $.80, and now when it's hovering below $.75, there are no border lineups. That gives you a pretty good idea of how much cheaper your prices are compared to ours. Approx. 20 to 25%--or sometimes more--on most items.
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As was my experience in the early 1980s in Plattsburgh, NY, which is close to Montreal. They'd come out to the big mall in Plattsburgh, which had K-Mart as their big anchor store. We got quite a few Canadians coming over to Buffalo, NY, but it was more apparent in Plattsburgh because the town isn't large and there isn't really anything else around. In the Buffalo area, there's Niagara Falls. Canada also has a bazillion taxes on stuff. I mean, beyond just sales tax and taxes on cigarettes and alcohol.I'm not sure what products you might be referring to, but my--and most Canadians--experience has been the prices in the US for most products is less in the US than here. That's why the crazy-ass long lineups at the border on weekends even when our dollar is at $.85 compared to the Greenback.
Bass? Aren't those Chinese horns copies of Conns and Bueschers? /Me: runs from thread
FYI, for UKThe "list price" number is something I feel is completely made up. I've been researching Yanagisawa. On their UK website they list list prices. I went to another UK dealer that also had list prices that were much higher than what Yani, themselves, put out.