Some classic Hammonds for sale in Japan - links included!

[srd6]

Hello all - here are a few interesting links to some classic Hammonds available for sale in Japan on "Yahoo! Auction" (eBay isn't in Japan; they gave it a try and couldn't compete with the category leader, Yahoo).
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http://page15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t75766644</p>

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http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s93480097</p>

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Can anybody identify these models? Are they of the "Elegante" series? Just as a note, the dollar/yen exchange rate is about 105 yen to the dollar, so the one auction asking JPY 500,000 means that's nearly $4750 US.</p>

[andyg]

Re: Some classic Hammonds for sale in Japan - links included!



Not Elegantes but both 328xxx series Commodores. Same era as the Elegante, just a year or so earlier, and lesser specification.</P>


$4750 is a complete joke - divide by 10 for a truer value. But that's outside Japan!</P>


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[srd6]

Re: Some classic Hammonds for sale in Japan - links included!

Indeed! The one guy with the high price is branding it as a "rare antique", but he'll never get that price. The identical organ from the other seller is now relisted with an asking price of only $8; apparently he relisted it because no one bid on his first auction of it with an initial bid amount of $120. There are quite a bit of older Electones here from the '70s and early '80s as well, mostly spinets, but the occasional console. Still looking for my E-5AR, though... (not that I have the space to put it in!)