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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 338004, member: 6444"]I don't know anything about melodeons, but do have some experience with other musical instruments. If you can prove it was made 1850 to 1870 then it might have moderate value. If it is newer it probably won't. But does it work - if it doesn't then it will either cost a fortune to repair or be much harder to sell. As is true for other keyboard instruments, there is more supply than demand and not a whole lot of collectors out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good link with relevant info <a href="http://www.reedsoc.org/value.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reedsoc.org/value.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.reedsoc.org/value.htm</a>:</p><p>"Melodeons and small cabinet organs from the period (roughly) 1850 to 1870 *are* antiques, and these, in good condition, are beginning to fetch prices more in line with what everyone thinks any antique should bring, but it is still the rare instrument that will garner more than a few hundred dollars, except when you find 'just the right person' who 'cannot live without it'. Finding such folks is very difficult."</p><p><br /></p><p>"Dating an instrument can be a problem, so some that really *are* antiques cannot be proved to be so. These will not fetch the same prices as those whose provenance can be documented."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 338004, member: 6444"]I don't know anything about melodeons, but do have some experience with other musical instruments. If you can prove it was made 1850 to 1870 then it might have moderate value. If it is newer it probably won't. But does it work - if it doesn't then it will either cost a fortune to repair or be much harder to sell. As is true for other keyboard instruments, there is more supply than demand and not a whole lot of collectors out there. Here is a good link with relevant info [URL]http://www.reedsoc.org/value.htm[/URL]: "Melodeons and small cabinet organs from the period (roughly) 1850 to 1870 *are* antiques, and these, in good condition, are beginning to fetch prices more in line with what everyone thinks any antique should bring, but it is still the rare instrument that will garner more than a few hundred dollars, except when you find 'just the right person' who 'cannot live without it'. Finding such folks is very difficult." "Dating an instrument can be a problem, so some that really *are* antiques cannot be proved to be so. These will not fetch the same prices as those whose provenance can be documented."[/QUOTE]
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