Pete
01-28-2003, 06:32 PM
There are a lot of value guides out there. What you should do to determine value is:
* Take your horn down to a repairman that you trust to estimate repair costs.
* Check on eBay, etc. for closed ads and average those to determine the approximate market value of the horn.
* Check out a dealer that has a perfect version of the horn you want and determine that price.
* Take "perfect", subtract the repair estimate and average that with the eBay price.
If you want me to evaluate your horn, please send me an e-mail with a couple good pictures to saxpics@gmail.com.
I am in process of writing a book-length feature on saxophone value (discussed in http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=13080), so I will not give out a specific "valuation" of your horn, although I may be able to tell you its maximum value in perfect condition.
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Further places to check out:
http://www.saxophone.org/buyersguide/buyers.html (Jason DuMars' excellent article)
* Take your horn down to a repairman that you trust to estimate repair costs.
* Check on eBay, etc. for closed ads and average those to determine the approximate market value of the horn.
* Check out a dealer that has a perfect version of the horn you want and determine that price.
* Take "perfect", subtract the repair estimate and average that with the eBay price.
If you want me to evaluate your horn, please send me an e-mail with a couple good pictures to saxpics@gmail.com.
I am in process of writing a book-length feature on saxophone value (discussed in http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=13080), so I will not give out a specific "valuation" of your horn, although I may be able to tell you its maximum value in perfect condition.
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Further places to check out:
http://www.saxophone.org/buyersguide/buyers.html (Jason DuMars' excellent article)