What Do You Think of This Seller's Wares?

[seattleslew]

I would appreciate comments about the violins sold by "1.geige." He is Daniel Bruckner. Are these nice violins or nice photos of violins?

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[regent]

I only looked at the first one briefly. It looks like a very good quality Mittenwald. Padah_hound listed one which seemed to be similar a good while back. If the seller has the confidence to put his particular contact info on his listing, and gives a money back guarantee, you may have found a good deal, depending on what you want to spend. Some buyers shy away from German listings, maybe with good reason. Check him out, if he is ok you'll know it pretty soon. Quick responses and straight answers are what you want. Right??

[fiddlecollector]

MR B. is at it again!!!!!!

[yaumnik]

I remember corresponding with Daniel Bruckner early in my eBAY days when I was a complete novice (as compared with an experienced ... novice!). Anyway, if I remember correctly I asked him about some violin he listed in the category "labeled" whether it was a genuine work of the labelled maker. He actually very politely replied with a nice explanation of what the differences are between "by", "attributed to" and "labelled". While I did not buy that violin and have not bought any items from him, I thought that was an honest thing for him to do.

Just my $.02...

ATB, Gary

[seattleslew]

Fiddlecollector, what are you holding back? Come clean. By the way, I think you were right on with your response to the bassbar issue with my cello.

[bean_fidhleir]

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I would appreciate comments about the violins sold by "1.geige." He is Daniel Bruckner. Are these nice violins or nice photos of violins?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

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Well, he offers a 2-week return period counting from the day of receipt, and a 1-year warranty (I'm not sure why he uses Gewährleistung rather than the more common cognate, Guarantie)

They look in amazingly good condition for their claimed age.

(edit: it's interesting that in his German-language advert for the Christian Schertl violin he offers a statement of valuation that says it's worth 7500 Euro...but doesn't say who wrote it (himself, I'd be inclined to think))

[Steve R.]

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They look in amazingly good condition for their claimed age.

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I don't know about that. To my eye, I see wear where I would expect to see it if the violin was not aged by the maker but only by modern playing.

[bean_fidhleir]

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They look in amazingly good condition for their claimed age.

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I don't know about that. To my eye, I see wear where I would expect to see it if the violin was not aged by the maker but only by modern playing.

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I agree that the signs of wear look real, not something faked up by the maker, but I think my point might be that, to me at least(!), they don't look as though they've spent any significant amount of time being lovingly played. They look as though they were played a little and picked up some careless nicks and scuffs in the process, but really spent almost all their 80 years in a case somewhere.

[muddycreek]

They also look to be in too good shape to me to be early 20th century violins. I see very little wear.