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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: crazykiwi on July 10, 2009, 05:17:05 PM

Title: Is Stanley selling 'Black Beauty'?
Post by: crazykiwi on July 10, 2009, 05:17:05 PM

Sorry if this has been already mentioned, but I was on Stanley's site yesterday and spotted Black Beauty for sale.  This is the instrument on the cover of 'I Wanna Play For You' with the bigsby Tremolo and composite neck.  
 
http://lh4.ggpht.com/MyJazzWorld/RujNqjxdDrI/AAAAAAAAAn4/DUknvb9_gYY/s288/StanleyClarke_IWannaPlayFor.jpg (http://lh4.ggpht.com/MyJazzWorld/RujNqjxdDrI/AAAAAAAAAn4/DUknvb9_gYY/s288/StanleyClarke_IWannaPlayFor.jpg)
 
However, the purchase button doesn't yet work. :D  Maybe he's already sold it?
 
Anyone fancy a punt on the asking price?  I don't know yet but he failed to sell his Smith Flying V on Ebay some years ago for $32,000 IIRC.

Title: Is Stanley selling 'Black Beauty'?
Post by: crazykiwi on July 10, 2009, 05:20:17 PM

I've just checked his shop this morning, and it looks like that particular page is down for maintenance.

Title: Is Stanley selling 'Black Beauty'?
Post by: elwoodblue on July 10, 2009, 05:32:42 PM

IIRC Black Beauty was for sale to benefit a charity
last year...maybe there were no takers. I think the price was 130,000.
 At the time it was being sold through the Lieberman Spellbinder website.