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Gulf Islands resident auctioning off a BԪַlifetime collectionBԪַ of musical instruments

448 items include guitars, horns, xylophones, banjos and more
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Just some of the 448 instruments and other music-related items to be auctioned by Able Auctions on Nov. 19. (Photo: ableauctions.ca)

It took a day to wrap up and truck out hundreds of musical instruments now stored in a Surrey warehouse ahead of an online auction.

At the sellerBԪַs house, an Able Auctions crew sorted and transported some unique and rare instruments including guitars, amps, microphones, horns, harps, banjos, drums, dulcimers, mixers, cases, xylophones BԪַ you name it, itBԪַll be auctioned on Nov. 19.

The BԪַlifetime collectionBԪַ is , and it takes some time to scroll through the 448 items.

BԪַIt came from one gentleman out of his house on one of the Gulf Islands,BԪַ reported Jeremy Dodd, president of Able Auctions.

BԪַHe was buying from around the world and shipping it to this little island,BԪַ he added. BԪַItBԪַs quite a collection, and I imagine his shipping costs over the past 40 years were pretty high. ThatBԪַs my guess, probably 40 years (of collecting the instruments).BԪַ

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The auction company wonBԪַt name the seller, due to privacy concerns. BԪַI imagine he wouldnBԪַt be too hard to track down because heBԪַs promoting it (the auction) quite a bit on his social media channels,BԪַ Dodd said.

A BԪַpreviewBԪַ of all those instruments is planned Friday, Nov. 18, a day before the online auction.

The pandemic forced Able to hold all auctions online, where theyBԪַll be forever more.

BԪַAll our auctions these days are 100 per cent online, but we have a preview day so people can view the items. ItBԪַs a COVID thing that wonBԪַt go back,BԪַ Dodd explained. BԪַWhen those first public gathering restrictions were announced in March (of 2020), we basically switched the next day to 100 per cent online.BԪַ

Online is a much more efficient way of auctioning, he added.

BԪַItBԪַs become an online business with 100 per cent of our sales online, and itBԪַs just so much easier to control the payment of product, the pickup of product,BԪַ Dodd said. BԪַWe now put a lot more effort into photographing and videoing products so people donBԪַt have to attend the preview BԪַ some still do. Before the pandemic we were around 40 per cent online sales, and now weBԪַre 100 per cent.BԪַ



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