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Original Post By:
nnnhild
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Date: 3/1/2015 11:53:35 AM |
| Can anyone give me information on a ukulele that belonged to my father? It is a Herk Favilla B2 baritone with a serial # 402953. Also , any idea of it's value? |
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Posted By:
nnnhild
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Date: 3/1/2015 11:55:33 AM |
| I have taken photos of it but can't see a way to display them here.
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Posted By:
Tom B.
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Date: 3/1/2015 2:05:42 PM |
You can't post photos here, but you can upload them to a site like Flickr or photobucket and post the link here.
As for the value of your uke, that's highly dependent upon condition and the current market. You could search on completed auctions of Favilla baritone ukes on eBay to see what they've been fetching for private sellers.
Also, you can contact Tom Favilla to ask him about your uke. He won't give you a valuation, but he can tell you about its age. I don't know what his current contact is, but take a look on the Collectors Uke Yak ( link at left) and you should be able to find it.
Also, here's a web page created by another Fleamarket member that's devoted to Favilla ukes.
http://www.catfish1952.com/favilla.html
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Posted By:
Ukulele Rob
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Date: 3/1/2015 2:05:51 PM |
The Herk Favilla baritones show up from time to time on eBay and other sales sites. One that appears to be an earlier vintage than yours (had a Serial No. in the 100,000s range) recently sold on eBay for about $460.
Herk Favilla is often credited with "inventing" the bari. He wrote a book, "Baritone Ukulele Method," in 1949, that was first printed in 1950. Folks can't find much about baritones before 1949, so Favilla may have been the first.
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Posted By:
nnnhild
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Date: 3/2/2015 10:50:05 AM |
| Thanks to both responses. I will continue to do some research. Since my husband nor I play the ukulele, we are looking to sell it but want to get a fair price
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