Klarinet Archive - Posting 000902.txt from 1998/08

From: "Jay D. Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] major decision
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:33:49 -0400

Not that I want to make you feel any worse, but when I bought my
new R-13 the going price for a 25 year old R-13 was $1100.00

Jay Webler

On Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:05:20 -0500, Nancy Marzec wrote:

>DUH!!! The lightbulb just went on in my head! After I bought a new Concerto,
>I sold my 20+ year old R-13 for $600. My parents had gotten it for me in
>college so I never thought about the ORIGINAL price. I just knew that I was
>selling it quite a bit below what they are priced at now. I'm going to guess
>that $600 is pretty close to the price my parents paid way back when. I never
>realized that it actually held its value. Thanks for waking me up.
>
>On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, ROBERT ABRAHAM wrote:
>>
>> My Buffet Prestige in 1987 was $1300. I can easily get $1500-$1800 for it on consignment in a music
>> store today used (I have priced them recently) and the new ones run between $2500 and $3000 in
>> stores.
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