Scam Alert: Holton Bass

I saw on online ad --FreeClassifieds.com, I think--for a Holton made 1927 bass.  It had a long commentary about the date of manufacture, saying that one esteemed store owner/player/collector had it all wrong.  Whatever...is it still for sale?

A couple days later, email reply, yep.   Great...but, why so cheap?

Reply soon:  I have to get back to Poland and can't take it.

OK..a bit suspicious.  Google led me to saxontheweb.net, where I found a topic dealing with Holton stencils, etc, and the exact picture of the one I was just looking at.  It was from a for sale ad in 2013, the guy promised all sorts of stuff but never came through with the instrument.  I don't know if this is the same guy, same guy different identity, or what, but I wanted to alert folks.

There's been a long-running Tuba scam involving a solid copper tuba.  The thing really does exist, and is owned by a collector, but it has been on eBay several times since he bought it...never listed by the owner.  

These scammer people are lousy.

 

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