Ukulele Online

When you’re buying a new ukulele, there are usually plenty of places you can go and compare prices. But if you’re looking to buy a vintage ukulele, it’s much more tricky.

There are a few places to go to discover the value of a certain vintage ukulele. The best place is eBay. More vintage ukes are sold online there than anywhere else. Go to the advanced search section, click where it says, “Show completed listings only,” and type in the make of uke you’re interested in. That will show you those ukuleles sold on eBay in the last two weeks, which sold and at what price. Granted, it’s not a very long time period. But it will at least give you some idea.

Another option is Elderly Instruments. They have a wide range of vintage instruments for sale and they know what they’re doing when it comes to pricing. I’ve found the way to search the site is via Google, rather than on the site itslef, since that way it shows you instruments that have already been sold.

How much is a plastic Maccaferri Islander baritone worth?

The subject of this post arose when I mentioned that I was flabbergasted that someone was trying to sell a baritone Islander with a Buy-It-Now price of $500 and a starting bid of $300. A bit of research shows that Elderly had one for sale at $100.

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