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Sold For £3000.00

During the house clearing at my in-laws in Cheshire I was clearing out the office of vast collections of rubbish that had been collected over 50 years of marriage when I found a dusty old Concertina belonging to my still deceased father in law Gordon. I immediately thought ‘this is worth a few bob’ an auctioneer suffering from verbal overload wandered around the house to find any valuables suitable for his auction. The concertina was laying on the desk when he looked in the office to see if there was anything of value for his auction he was so full of himself that he walked in and out of the office stating “Nothing worth sending to the auction from the office” Lou and I researched the concertina from our information it would sell for anything from £1000.00 to £2000.00 so Lou contacted most people through Google who would be interested in the sale of this beautiful ‘1925 Edeophone concertina still in its original box’ She then listed it on eBay for sale with a starting price of 99p!! By the end of the 10 day sale it was sold to a gentleman expert on the ‘Edeophone’ of 80 years old with his life’s ambition fully filled to own such a beautiful concertina telling Lou “I will worship this till the day I die” What a happy customer! Anyway I asked nay shouted to my mother in law who has a degree Dementia-ology “Where did the concertina come from?” She said ‘I don’t know Gordon used to play it but I didn’t like it because he looked stupid every time he played he always had his great big stupid mouth open wide when he played’ and then she said “Hold on, I will go and ask him where he got it from he’s in the other room” Spooky or what, her newest habit ‘still crying’ is to sit at meal times contorting and gurning and pulling her face like she is suffering from a ‘trapped fart’ FFS! Back to the auctioneer; Wanker? Motto; research pays. This is the advert as researched and advertised on eBay sold for £3000.00!! Well done my Lou. X LACHENAL CONCERTINA EDEOPHONE. Rd 129662 circa 1925? 56 KEYS / BUTTONS A Lachenal & Co 56 button concertina in original box. Called an Edeophone this seems to have been manufactured around 1925 although I am no expert. The model number is Rd 129662 and it is concertina number 58189. There are 28 keys on either side and thumb switch either side too. The condition is excellent. The bellows are fine. Very light tarnishing to the chrome fret work and the leather of one thumb loop is split. Case too is in nice condition. No reserve. No buy it now. X On 20-Mar-17 at 13:16:34 GMT, seller added the following information: AN INTERESTED PERSON ASKED THE FOLLOWING; Please could you tell me if this is in concert pitch and what the range of they instrument is? (The lowest note on the right hand side should show whether this is a treble instrument, in which case that note would be the G below middle C, or a tenor-treble, in which case it would be the C below middle C.) BEING TOTALLY NONE MUSICAL I TOOK IT INTO A LOCAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SHOP. NO ONE THERE PLAYED A CONCERTINA BUT BASED ON THE QUESTION AND COMPARING THE TONE TO A PIANO THEY SAID TENOR – TREBLE AND YES CONCERT PITCH. THEY ALSO SAID IT NEEDS TUNING. ________________________________________ On 20-Mar-17 at 13:56:15 GMT, seller added the following information: HAVING PASSED THIS INFO ON TO ANOTHER INTERESTED PARTY I GOT THE FOLLOWING REPLY Hello again. There is no mystery for concertina buffs-it is an extended treble (56 opposed to 48 buttons) Metal ended which makes the sound brighter than the wooden ended ones. Best available. Sold for £3000.00

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