Alto Saxophone
Selmer mark VI (USA) serial number: 820761
Family heirloom
Inherited
Maybe
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,
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.
I thought a selmer mark VI 1960 had only 5 serial numbers... mine has 6... very confused