It doesn’t look like a run of the mill whistle from the poor pics. The website on one of those pics no longer exists either. Anyone know about this whistle?
http://cgi.ebay.com/IRISH-CELTIC-FLUTE-WHISTLE-PLASTIC-W-CASE-BLACK_W0QQitemZ130052985659QQihZ003QQcategoryZ10183QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The internet wayback machine tells me that website (www.thecleticwhistle.com) exited until at least Feb 2005.
from the archives
The Celtic Whistle flutes are carefully hand crafted for Irish, Folk and Celtic music. Made of select CPVC for high durability and superiority without the tone drift, expansion and cracking due to moisture as with wood flutes. They won’t break or dent and are easy to clean.
I designed these flutes to resemble the 4 section cocus wood Irish flute. They are 6 hole keyless flutes coated with a durable, black high gloss, non-toxic resin with gold leaf rings and polished to a glass finish.
The “about me” page is only archived up to 2004.
http://tinyurl.com/y8xmoh
Unfortunately it doesn’t tell us much about who the maker is/was, or what the original price was. The archived "ordering information’ just leads to an out-of-date ebay listing which is not retrievable