OK, I'm getting sound now on the video, and I see it is a YouTube video. Maybe I was just too quick before, and it had to filter through YouTube's stuff first.

From the Howard Core webpage, this appears to be in the $400 resale range (comparing to what K5xx models are at Fiddlershop).

I'll be watching this ad to see how it does in 6 days.

My reasoning is purely seat of the pants with not much concrete info to back it up by. I look at the Howard Core webpage and note their August Kohr violins range from the K500 to the K575 then to the HC602 and higher series. I reason that the lowest number models sell for the least amount, with prices increasing as one gets to higher number models. Fiddlershop sells the K500 for $369--that's the price the customer pays, and Fiddlershop obviously makes a profit on everything sold, that's the point of having a business, LOL. So I reason you need to sell the K519, a higher model up the number series from the K500, on eBay for at least $400 in order to break even as a minimum and hopefully for quite a bit more, to make a decent profit. How'd I do for reasoning?  

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your comments. I am well aware of eBay bidding, in fact I am very active on eBay, primarily for violins. You might say I'm a violin fanatic, always looking for a "better violin" and I've bought quite a number on eBay. Can't say I've always or even frequently gotten a "good deal" but that's the chance you take.

Indeed, the violin Pierre has on eBay is already up to over $200 with 3 bidders, with a long way to go to end of auction. But almost all auctions now are won in the last 30 seconds, with folks using sniping software. Then you don't have to watch the auction, you just submit your best bid and the sniping software watches the auction and if your bid is still in the running, the sniping software submits it in the last 10 seconds. I predict that will happen for this violin auction--the winner won't be a bidder over the last 6 days.

But the real question is how much is the K519 worth, what Fiddlershop paid for it and thus how much does it need to sell for so Pierre doesn't lose money. I don't expect him to tell us and of course he is under no obligation whatsoever to do so.     

 I fully support Fiddlershop, as I think most of us on the Fiddlerman forum do, at least those of us in North America, in fact I try to buy as many things from them as possible. Not everything there is the lowest price to be found on the internet, but often it is.

Thanks for the additional info, Pierre. You're right, I mistook the K500 for the August Kohr line, which I see is not correct. I only found one online seller for the K519, for $620, and perhaps there isn't a linear relationship between the K51x models increasing in price from lower to higher numbers after all since I see the K525 is called the "lowest price August Kohr" (one seller has it for $495).

 Don't forget the K519 auction--there's about 12 hours left to go. Only 4 bidders so far, price is up to just over $300. A chance to maybe get a really good deal on a brand new $600 violin. I'm keeping an eye on the auction.

Aw shucks, I didn't <need> another violin--especially with the new Soloist already coming (Friday delivery now, not the expected Thursday), but, being somewhat of a "violin fanatic" that doesn't mean I don't <want> another violin to try out. I put a modest bid in on my sniping software (www.ezsniper.com) and fully expected not to win it. But as luck would have it, the K519 is now on its way to me.... So maybe I'll do a review of that, as well as the Soloist--eventually.

Already looking forward to the next Fiddlershop eBay offering.