{"id":2502,"date":"2008-10-29T10:31:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T21:21:22","slug":"buescher-bass-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/buescher-bass-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Buescher Bass on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 22nd I noticed a Buescher Bass on eBay<\/a>. At the time, the seller’s starting bid was\u00a0$9,750.00 for the horn.<\/p>\n

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This is what he wrote about the sax:<\/p>\n

This is one of the largest members of the saxophone family. I don’t think rare is the right word for it. One octave below the tenor, is the BIG BASS. Though this horn is big, you can play it with relitive ease. You look at it and think I better get ready to put a bunch of air through this thing, but the opposite is true. When you really relax the embrochure and concentrate on contolling the speed of the air, your neighbors may think you just adopted a dump truck. Much of the original finish still remains. The photos display how nice this horn really is.This Buescher(110xxx) is from the early 20’s. In the world of bass sax, the Buescher is king. It has long been the prefered instument of musicians of all genres. You can play nice melodic lines that remind you of hot apple cider during a northeast winter, or play that big fat slap tounge style that Baritone dream about ; – ) This horn just recieved a top notch repair job earlier this year from the great Bob Saccente. You can contact me personally to set a demo or ask any questions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After providing his contact information, including his MySpace.com<\/a> site, he concludes his pitch with:<\/p>\n

This is a GREAT buy!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This morning, with only 2 days left in the auction,\u00a0I checked to see how things were going, and I noticed that the seller had dropped his opening bid to $8,000.00.<\/p>\n

With all due respect to the seller, the\u00a0original\u00a0opening\u00a0price was not really reflective of current vintage bass sax prices, which he\u00a0obviously figured out.\u00a0The current\u00a08K is, IMO, still too high as well. It\u00a0might\u00a0sell for that if\u00a0bidding was allowed to go up naturally, but as an opening\u00a0asking price, I don’t see it. Now I could be wrong, and if I am, my apologies to Mr. Carter.<\/p>\n

If he really wants to sell his bass, I hope he does manage to do so. Perhaps someone out there will see the same value in that Buescher that Mr. Carter does.\u00a0Because as we all know, the value of a vintage\u00a0horn is what the seller and buyer agree to in price.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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