Alto Saxophone
26 May 2019
Description

Selmer mark VI (USA) serial number: 820761

Provenance

Family heirloom

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Maybe
Answered within about 22 hours
By Delia
May 27, 16:10 UTC
Fair Market Value
$400 - $600 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Good afternoon, Dear Donny,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Based on the photographs and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A Selmer Mark VI 1960 Alto Saxophone
Serial Number 820761
With case
$400-600

Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you for using Mearto.

Donny rando May 27, 22:38 UTC

I thought a selmer mark VI 1960 had only 5 serial numbers... mine has 6... very confused

Delia May 28, 16:32 UTC

Donny,
My apologies! I have done a little more research. According to this (https://forum.saxontheweb.net/archive/index.php/t-4272.html), your instrument was made by Selmer USA and not Henri Selmer, Paris, which is who made saxophones with 5-digit serial numbers beginning with" "8" in 1960 and which are generally the ones that bring decent money at auction. Selmer USA does not list its full run of serial numbers so it is difficult to date yours accurately but I would guess it is in the last quarter of the 20th century - does that jibe with when the sax was acquired by your family?
A more appropriate value for this is $100-150.

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