<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/12/01 1:04:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>FIXPIANOS@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My customer wants to sell her Baldwin M. It was once owned by opera star
<BR>Lily
<BR>Pons and has her autograph on the plate. She has no sales receipt or other
<BR>documentation to verify this (although I personally don't doubt her).
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<BR>I believe the piano to be worth around $6K WITHOUT the autograph. It's in
<BR>good shape and well maintained, thanks to yours truly (ahem!!!). What
<BR>should
<BR>I add to the value of this piano (if anything) for the signature?
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<BR>Thanks..............Donn Young, RPT</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0"> </XMP></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0f0f0f" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR>Donn
<BR>Not to be snide, but to give you an idea of how much the autograph is worth,
<BR>who is Lily Pons?
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<BR>In other words, unless whoever wants to buy the piano knows who Lily Pons is,
<BR>it won't add any value to the piano.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>