I sold a Mellotron on Ebay for $4000+ a few years ago, but this one was owned by Daniel Lanois and had been used by Martha and The Muffins and Brian Eno, along with letters of provenence.
It was in good shape but not perfect. I told the buyer that it would need some work, and that I could do it if he wanted, but it would not be included in the sale price mainly because I had to travel to do it.
It was the provenance that sold him on the Mellotron, not it's condition so I would say occasionally there are exceptions, but not many.
Anyway, I wonder if maybe this guy is selling it for someone else?
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:59 AM, tron400@yahoo.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:That's the one. He also has a demo video on Youtube...comments disabled, of course: mellotron m400 for sale
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