Watermelons, Johnny Marvin Ukuleles and other eBay Totty
September 19, 2008 · Print This Article
Pineapples and kiwis not to your taste? How’s about a watermelon ukulele from Kala?
Another seller thinning their collection, this time in the UK. Current picks include an adorable Gibson banjo-uke and a decorative Favilla with suspiciously blurry photos.
Plenty of stars put their name and face on a plastic ukulele, but Jimmy Durante? (Net research suggests Durante and Clark Gable were taught the uke by Bill Tapia).
A more understandable endorsement with this Johnny Marvin Professional. I think that bridge is supposed to be the shape of on aeroplane but it looks more like a goldfish playing the harmonica to me.
This week’s most staggeringly over priced ukes: Baritone Maccaferri Islander starting at $300, Swagerty Surf-a-lele for $400 and whatever this is supposed to be for $8,000.
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I want to get myself a vintage ukulele from ebay but I’m clueless about how much I should bid for those.
Is there any helpful site out there with prices and such?
How much do you think is the right price for a baritone maccaferri islander?
how pretenious is the description on that last uke?
i mean really, come on, you can be a very skilled luthier but its a bit far to describe yourself as an artist without sounding like a ponce!
I have to agree with you………..the over-priced ukes are…..well, silly and overpriced….
cheers,
todd
I like how “construction flaws are artistic reflections”
My $22 uke must be by Michelangelo
newbie: I’ve just written a post about this. I hope it’s some use to you.
cbf: He has to justify the price tag somehow.
todd: … but I still want them.
Isaac: Good point. The first reaction when you find out you’ve done something stupid should always be, “I meant to.”
I agree about the ‘fish playing a harmonica’ bridge. How is that a plane?!
Katie: Perhaps they had novelty shaped planes in the 1920s.