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$20,000 12 bass?

Caps

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Guy has this listed on marketplace in north Carolina for $20,000. I queried him to see if he meant $200. He said that it was appraised on Antiques Roadshow as rare and antique and stated "I know what I have"
 
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Out of what looks like 20,000+ listings this person has on marketplace, this accordion might actually be the most valuable item there! :oops:
 
the really sad thing is all these paper tigers have found
posting tons of sucker items and leaving them up ad-infinitum
is a piece of cake.. requires little maintenance, and reeling
in some wealthy sucker of a damnfool collector is easy to
wait for.. even if it takes 5 years..

there are actually a LOT of sucker accordions on Craigslist eBay and
other marketplace sites in the USA that HAVE been listed and
relisted for YEARS and yes every once in awhile they DO
catch a sucker

because people with limited actual knowledge get "hot" for
an item when their imaginations expand on the bullshit
listing descriptions and it gets all blown up in their heads..

sadly, there are ENOUGH SUCKERS LIKE THIS to have convinced
these crooks that this is time well spent on their part..

there is a REAL MARKET for sucker accordions

there is also a real market for sucker Guitars.. and because of
years of a constant barrage of wildly exaggerated sales listings
for so many musical instruments here in the USA we also now
see absolutely ridiculous prices on old cheapo low-end instruments
like (rare, original Les Paul Copy) or a Hagstrom or Galanti or Crumar
guitar (which do look cool, but were never expensive or particularly
special)

absolutely ANYTIME you see the word "Rare" in an ad, you should
run away as fast as you can

absolutely anytime you see the phrase "should be an easy repair"
you should run away as fast as you can

and probably anytime you see "Hand made reeds" on an ad
that is NOT from a known accordionist or accordion shop,
what should you do boys and girls ???

you should run away as fast as you can

hell, i see "Double tone chamber" and i delete the page..
anyone who has to embellish the obvious is looking for
a sucker.. you all know by now what a tone chamber is in
pretty much any expensive worth owning accordion built after
1960 ? right ? and how many reedsets are in the chamber ? right ?

i mean, you all DO know girls have two too ?

does an advertisement for a blow up sex doll need to
claim excitedly that it is Double breasted as if it
were something special or unusual ?

sheesh !@#$%^&*

ohh, and finally, when you see an ad that drops the name of
Giovalli Gola or Silvio Scandalli or Settimo Soprani when
the accordion for sale is NOT an actual Gola or Scandalli or
Soprani.. and most especially when the accordion is an old
BoatAncha of a decrepit organ-accordion
RUN SCREAING FROM THE BUILDING
 
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absolutely ANYTIME you see the word "Rare" in an ad, you should
run away as fast as you can
I have never understood the marketing logic of why claiming something is "rare" or as in this case "very rare" would compel someone to overpay for it. Being "rare" only works if there is a high demand for an item in short supply. Old junker accordions are not hard to find.

If this guy really believes he had this appraised for $20K by Antiques Roadshow, he may have been taken in by one of those fake Roadshow events that PBS warns about.
 
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Fake Road Show Events? Wow. Didn't know there were such things.
Rare and Antique = no one wants it because it is old and broke!
I kind of feel sorry for the guy. His posts on market place were tons of car parts. Don't think he has a clue about anything musical.
Hope he hasn't started
spending the money he intends to get for his rare antique accordion.
 
Fake Road Show Events? Wow. Didn't know there were such things.
I never heard of them either, before seeing that warning on the PBS website. I suppose scammers will try anything. You probably have to pay (the real Roadshow doesn't charge), but then you go home very happy 🤑 with your appraisal.
 
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