<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Additional value for an autographed piano???</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> on 9/12/01 1:56 PM, Wimblees@AOL.COM at Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>In a message dated 9/12/01 1:04:38 PM Central Da= ylight Time, FIXPIANOS@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE>My customer wants to sell her Baldwin M. = It was once owned by opera star Lily Pons and has her autograph on the plate. She has no sales receipt or other = documentation to verify this (although I personally don't doubt her). 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 should I add to the value of this piano (if anything) for the signature? </BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks..............Donn Young, RPT</FON= T> Donn Not to be snide, but to give you an idea of how much the autograph is worth= , who is Lily Pons? In other words, unless whoever wants to buy the piano knows who Lily Pons i= s, it won't add any value to the piano. Willem </BLOCKQUOTE> Wim, Check out this URL: http://americanbuilders.com/CJB/LilyPons/ You will soon realize that to some, she was a significant person! -- Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net The difficult, I do right away.  The impossible takes a little longer.= </BODY> </HTML>