Looking for a price for my Giulietti Supermodel

[crwalker]

Hello, this is my first post and I’m happy to have found this group! I’m 69 years old now and took accordion lessons from age 7 to age 20. I was a member of an accordion orchestra in Des Moines, Iowa, under the direction of Fred Boresi at Professional Music Center. We competed in the Midwest and in 1972 the orchestra went to Europe and performed at several locations.

At any rate, I’m wanting to sell my accordion. I’ve spoken to one local music shop and a couple on the East Coast. I feel that it may be worth more than the general quotes I’ve received. I’m guessing there are people on this site that have a better understanding of resale than I do. Straps are in good shape. It sounds good to me. It has been kept in a cedar closet on lower level of home with dehumidifier right outside of the door. The local music shop plugged in a cord to test amplification and it worked well.

 

[Dingo40]

Welcome CR!,
Very nice but I have no idea what it's worth, sorry.
They're asking $4,495 for this one.

For this one $7,999

Here's one for $7,747:

Giulietti Accordion Super Model . LMMH | Reverb Australia

Giulietti Super Model Accordion. LMMH Concert tuned Compression excellentTuning is great as wellKeyboard responds very wellHand made reeds. Double tone chamber of course see demo video at the end of pictures ..This accordian will make you smile from first couple chords !It will be profe...

reverb.com

Just a demo, no price:

Our member, JimD, is knowledgeable about Giulietti accordions. Unfortunately, he's been absent lately.
Maybe he'll notice your post and comment?

 

[debra]

Very nice but I have no idea what it's worth, sorry.
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An accordion in good condition (which can only be seen on the inside, checking for the state of valves, reeds in good condition without rust or excessive tuning marks or worse, dremel tuning marks...) is really only worth what a buyer who really wants it is willing to pay for it.
This Giulietti Super may be a very good accordion, although this one was made by Serenelli as far as I understand the logos, and people generally prefer the Giulietti accordions built by Zero Sette.
Such accordions typically go for prices between 2.500 and 4.000 (euro or US$) depending on condition and exact specifications and desirability.
The Super for AUD 7,747 has 43 keys and the two extra keys (high A# and B) are really desired by some people. The OP's accordion has 41 keys.
The last video (no price) is a 41 key one made by Zero Sette... they are all a bit different...
When you get a quote from a store you are likely getting numbers that are 25 to 40% lower than what a private sale can give you. It does save you the hassle of dealing with fraudulent "buyers" of all sorts, dealing with shipping (even more dangerous), ... It's the seller's call whether to deal with all of that or just let a professional accordion dealer handle that, for a price.

 

[Corinto]

An accordion in good condition is really only worth what a buyer who really wants it is willing to pay for it.

True for accordions and for many many other items in real life situations!

 

[Ventura]

is the person in the last picture you or a grandkid ?

if there is anyone in the family interested to play it,
and who would appreciate it, give it to them
and you will live on for another 60 years in song and family legend
as this is far and away the best accordion they will ever get their hands on

personally i feel the earlier Pro models were better overall,
because of the reedwork and amount of time spent on
finishing them here in the USA shop before delivery

if you look under the grill, the linkage is round on older models
and flat on newer ones

 

[JIM D.]

Julio when deciding on an Italian maker to build his models for import he chose Serenelli to produce accordions
of his design. Now Julio was a fine technician but also a perfectionist. The firm of Zero Sette seeing his success
offered to build his models with better woods & more precision & Julio made the switch. Models made by
Serenelli tend to fetch less on resale but nevertheless are fine accordions.
If I had yours in my shop I would price it at $4295.00 and not take less than $3895.00

 

[Javthedog]

Folk tend to forget that retailers need to make a profit - so will buy at somewhere around half the selling price. May explain "low" offers from stores. Possibly get a better price from a private sale.

 

[crwalker]

is the person in the last picture you or a grandkid ?

if there is anyone in the family interested to play it,
and who would appreciate it, give it to them
and you will live on for another 60 years in song and family legend
as this is far and away the best accordion they will ever get their hands on

personally i feel the earlier Pro models were better overall,
because of the reedwork and amount of time spent on
finishing them here in the USA shop before delivery

if you look under the grill, the linkage is round on older models
and flat on newer ones

The photo is of me taken a few days ago. It would be great if there were family to play it but not so far.

 

[hais1273]

That's one of nicest sounding instruments I've heard on Youtube.

 

[Valski]

Hello, this is my first post and I’m happy to have found this group! I’m 69 years old now and took accordion lessons from age 7 to age 20. I was a member of an accordion orchestra in Des Moines, Iowa, under the direction of Fred Boresi at Professional Music Center. We competed in the Midwest and in 1972 the orchestra went to Europe and performed at several locations.

At any rate, I’m wanting to sell my accordion. I’ve spoken to one local music shop and a couple on the East Coast. I feel that it may be worth more than the general quotes I’ve received. I’m guessing there are people on this site that have a better understanding of resale than I do. Straps are in good shape. It sounds good to me. It has been kept in a cedar closet on lower level of home with dehumidifier right outside of the door. The local music shop plugged in a cord to test amplification and it worked well.

Hello there crwalker,

I am not an expert on these older accordions other than having played similar instruments when they were new. Can't tell exactly the age of this instrument other than it looks like something from the late 1960's through to the early 1970's. New, it probably cost at least a couple of thousand dollars which was a substantial sum in those days. In any case the accordion is probably worth at least what it cost new which is very rare with pretty much any instruments so that's a big win for you.

On the other hand it strikes me as very sad that an instrument of such quality sat forlorn in a closet for many years as implied in your posting. What a waste of 13 years of accordion lessons and such potential. Hopefully I'm wrong and this was played joyously at many family holidays and special occasions because someone believed in you enough to invest so much into your development as a musician and as a person. It's sad that you're letting this happen.