Last night I was looking at eBay, & I came across something that sent my BS detection meter well over the redline…
A seller from China, with a previous feedback rating of 0, is selling a Selmer, low A Mark VI alto saxophone, with no reserve. There is no description of the horn, no mention of it being a low A alto, no serial number, and only 1 photo, that, looks suspiciously like it might have come from a dealer’s site somewhere.
There is currently 1 bid on the horn of $1950.00, from a buyer who also has 0 feedback. Ya… Right….
BTW, if anyone bites on this, I’ve got some great swampland in Florida I’d like to show you…
Well if nothing else, it’s a great photo of a Selmer, Mark VI Low A alto saxophone. I wonder who took it?
It turns out Kessler Music did take the photo. It seems that the photo was “borrowed” from Saxpics.com. BTW, the sax was circa 1972.
Update: The auction has been cancelled. Anyone here really surprised? If you were, call me about that swamp land in Florida. I’ll even throw in some ‘gators. 😆
Jim, I was wondering abut the Kessler connection too. The only reason I doubted it might be a Kessler photo, was that their pics are of much better quality. I’ve never seen a fuzzy picture that they’ve taken.
Looks like a shot from Kessler Music. I’ve seen his light box setup and he uses a black drop cloth like that. Just a guess though.