Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1998/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] major decision
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:33:50 -0400

I bought my first R-13 in 1976 for the wonderful price of $300.....and it
was selected from 12 - brand spankin new. I sold it 16 years loater for
$900.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Jay D. Webler wrote:

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