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JetJaguar
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:10 pm    Post subject: Burbank Benge, seller doesn't know value Reply with quote

If some of youse could put in a few words here about the potential value of this horn, I'll point the seller to this thread. I can't really educate him/her.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks like the seller has added verbiage regarding information from a knowledgeable eBayer that the horn is worth more than $1k, etc.

With over 5 days left on the auction and a starting bid of $450, I'm sure other "knowledgeable eBayers" will have time to bid the price up. Plus, based on other comments in the description (about heavy use by the owner), the horn could be in desperate need of a valve rebuild, and those aren't cheap ever since Anderson's lone expert valve fitter retired.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think $450 is an accurate opening bid considering the condition...looks like it
needs a LOT of work! As with any horn, it's worth what someone is willing to
pay for it. Not listed on Joe Lill's site, but the one before it is a 3x+

I just sold one of my Burbanks with a lower serial # for $1500...but it was in
Pristine condition. If this is also an MLP it could raise the value for some a bit.
Also, there is no picture of the valves which makes a difference, but personally
I wouldn't offer more than 600 without the case.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why not just let it be? I'd bet that the opening bid was done at $450 on purpose just to get people bidding with the idea they might get a horn for a steal. That's not going to happen - people stay on the lookout for vintage trumpets of certain brands, so I can tell you that there are a bunch of folks looking pretty hard at this horn.

I'm confident this horn will sell for what it's worth.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:38 am    Post subject: Fair Market Value Reply with quote

trickg wrote:


I'm confident this horn will sell for what it's worth.


When are willing buyer and willing seller, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, and both are acting in their own best interest, agree on a price, that is fair market value.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt that the seller or the owner really want any additional info about the 'value' of it.
I can't tell from the listing - is there a 'reserve' selling price?
And I see that nobody has made the opening bid of $450 .

The mention of
"Please note No. 1 valve has shinier gold metal showing and is not smooth when touched"

is an indicator that major valve servicing is likely needed.
Especially since it's being sold 'as-is' and with no claims about the functioning of the valves.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's not a reference to the valve itself, it's a reference to the valve case, as shown in this pic.

On a side note, Serial No. 4239 (that's what I'm seeing anyway) indicates it was made sometime around 1960ish - it would seem that serial numbers and years of manufacture aren't always sequential according to this website.

https://everythingtrumpet.com/gearhead/Bengedata.html


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

First, starting bid is fairly irrelevant.

Second, this horn might be worth less than $450. What if the valves had all corroded and the slides are stuck and corroded and the pipe has lots of red rot and and and...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tom LeCompte wrote:
First, starting bid is fairly irrelevant.

Second, this horn might be worth less than $450. What if the valves had all corroded and the slides are stuck and corroded and the pipe has lots of red rot and and and...

I guess it just depends on what the buyer would want. I've seen some amazing restorations done on horns in worse shape than that, and with it being a late 50s/early 60s Burbank Benge, it might be worth the money to have it restored.

Valves in bad shape can be rebuilt, replated, etc. Can't do much about red rot but I don't see any red rot that's overtly obvious.

I think one thing is pretty clear though - as is, it definitely needs some work, so whoever buys it is going to have to throw at least a little more money at it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

With the double-male 1st valve slide, it would seem to be a '50s vintage horn. While Elden may have offered his horns with either the under-over or double-male configuration for the last few years of his life, I kinda doubt that the old design was continued after his death. I could be wrong, though.

I wish the seller would have included a picture of the other side of the valve cluster.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whoever buys it will need to spend a lot of money to refurbish it.

If the concern here is that it will sell too low to a non trumpet person

then just bid on it your self and save that “bleak future” knowing that a Burbank went into someone’s hands for $450 to be used as an artistic ceiling light.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I checked the sellers other offerings. For those they did an excellent job with high quality photos. With the Benge they ended up with what looks like an "oil painting" or "pastel" effect - low definition.

Best advice - if they want more money - take better pictures - including the valves.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Will the bell size be on the mp receiver?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JetJaguar wrote:
Will the bell size be on the mp receiver?
No, early Burbanks did not have a number designation anywhere. Most of them used the 3 bell.
If there is a number 3 it would be on the ferrule from bell tail going into the 1st valve.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Bengeguy!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Currently 21 watchers with 5 days to go. It's an auction. The price is going to go up quite a bit I suspect. Starting an auction too high of price only discourages bidding.

If this was a "buy it now" sale, then it would be sold at that price I believe. It's not that type of sale however.

Also, as noted by another user, the winner will have multiple areas to put additional money into this horn to refurbish if they choose to do so.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some watchers just want to see what happens. (Me, for example)
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JetJaguar wrote:
Thanks, Bengeguy!
Hahaha...yes, there was a time when all of my equipment was Yamaha-
but honestly I have more Benges at this point than any other, so I may
just have to change my name.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sellers not knowing the value goes both ways. Check out this monumental delusion:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325145836492?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

#4239 @ $450 in the shape it is in.

Dillon currently has 4258 & 4359 for sale.

https://www.dillonmusic.com/used-burbank-benge-3x-bb-trumpet-sn-4258/

$1,395

https://www.dillonmusic.com/used-burbank-benge-bb-trumpet-sn-4359/

$1,695


We all saw the condition the one on ebay is in.
$950-$1250 in labor and refurbishing gets the price point in line.
Question is….. will it cost more to get it there?
Someone may find out.
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