Mellotronists

I looked back in my records and it appears that Bernie Kornowitz bought  news 
of this machine to the list back on 12/7/05. It was indeed listed for  10,000.
 
The second time it was listed was 12/22/05. the seller was "perkinsestate"  
The auction ended on 2/2/06 with a winning bid of $2,135.00 and was "won" by  
"hoondogdetroit". So my recollection was a little of, but the "winner" is the  
seller's friend. the seller listed his location as Pontiac.
 
On January 6th it was put up on Craig's list in Detroit  for 3K or a  trade 
for a B-3.
 
 
Here's some more stuff from back then...
 
 
"--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@a... wrote:

I just  received an email from the seller. He told me he had a 
friend bid  on  it because he couldn't sell it. ($2,135.00) He was very rude. 
 I  
think he might be about 16 years old, so it must be Mom and  Dad's money. He 
said  that he originally sold it to someone in  England but didn't explain 
why it 
was  re-auctioned. It is now on  Craigslist. BEWARE!!! Something smells 
real bad about  this. It  also looks very piece-of-shit-like to me.

PS. If anyone wants  Mike Pinder's name on the cabinet lid of 
their  Mellotron, send it  to that guy. I'm sure he can crank them  out.

Frank


On his last auction, he said the  winning bidder from the prior 
auction backed out.

Bernie..."
 
 
Then on 2/26/06 I alerted the list that it was back on eBay again. That  time 
it apparently sold.
 
So my facts were a little off.
 
 
Anyway, oddly enough, the seller this time has no eBay history and either  
does the winning bidder. I expect we haven't heard the last of it  yet.