This accordion perfectly illustrates what I have come to realize about food color staining...it sucks. I have seen several accordions all made by very well known builders that have quite literally changed colors from sun exposure.

John

Rick..... you are too funny, man! Jr. would also have a fit over the accordion being placed in the case upside down!.. I am on my way to his shop in the next 30 minutes. I will tell him about this box.
CB

I hear ya Capt. No you're not weird liking it. I know a few guys that have bright pink chanky-chanks and play them proudly... and For a $1000, okay, I could live with the color scheme.

Maybe Joe is right, tho. Maybe it was at one time a pure red/indigo blue/natural wood combo and instead of storing it back in the case, they set it in the west window (which might make one think about the wax inside). It's still curiously odd! And it apparently *was* pawned because the seller is a pawn shop in Seattle!

And hey, there's only 19 mins 2 secs left to bid!

R!CK

Oh my god, that is so freaking tempting!!! 12 minutes...I wonder what key it is in??? LOL

I supposed one could replace the stop knobs with green ones to match the flap pannel...

Hey no fair! It says US bidders only... that is so discriminatory towards Canucks!

At that price, does it really matter what key?

Hmm - High Bidder has no feedbacks ??

1 minute

Sniped at 10 seconds left for $1,177.00

Ha!

R!CK

I haven't bought anything on ebay recently, but I used to snipe quite frequently. It is a solid proven technique.

-David

www.gixen.com - free snipe site wle recommended

wle.

Change the knobs!

Capt Everett

Man, my buddy was $25 off the winning bid, which got in 2 seconds before it ended! But oops, I didn't realize they didn't list what key it was in.

Sometimes you gotta thank God for unanswered prayers . . .

also, there is no way to know
how high the winner would have bid

unless you email him :)

wle.

well that's one of the nicer things of ebay, compared to Sotheby's etc ... if you are willing to pay the real worth of a quality instrument nobody would like you no more - nout

the trick with Ebay is to never just sneak up on the price, but bid the HIGHEST amount you would ever pay and let it ride. That bid is reached only if other people are bidding it up to that price. It can be a real snipe killer. Your highest bid will automatically trump the snipe's bid and he won't have time to up it more.

Capt. Everett

Congratulations Rick! That's excellent value for money.
Yeah you have to change these knobs to match the green. Let us know what key it is in when you get it.

Ummm... okay, but that ain't my box. I'm not, nor have been, in the market for more accordions. I only reported the end of the auction. It was such a weird box, good quality and decent price, I think a few of us were interested in what the final price was.

Sorry for the confusion,

R!CK

yes but snipes work the same way

you set your snipe to the highest amount you want to pay

unlike a regular bid, though,
it doesn;t get entered into ebay til the last few seconds

another thing you can do with sniping is to edit your snipe before it becomes active

unlike a bid, where you can;t change it later

wle.

That is pretty neat, I'm guessing you need a program to do it. Still, I recommend you never bid more than you are willing to pay with a cool head. Too many people get caught up in the auction fever and regret the bids they make.

no program
there are websites to do it
www.gixen.com is a good free one as i said

wle.

I sniped a Hammond Xk3 two weeks ago and got it for $500.00 less than it sells for. It was in mint condition and the model has just come out in the past year. Bruce