http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/18948/lot/4/#
#2464
Darn nice flute. Can’t tell where the restorations were, but guess in the head/barrel.
Appears to include the case.
Looks real nice! 
Yup real sweet picture. Wish there was one of the Potter flute also offered in this auction.
Always amazes me that even a premium antique flute, like the R&R noted, is estimated at only a fraction of the cost of a violin bow 
So I guess we should be thankful, right?
The description lists eight padded keys. The picture shows pewter plugs on the articulated foot keys. Oversight?
Bob
descriptions are usually poor…
starting price could be much higer than the estimated one, and sometimes much lower too (don’t know why)!
nice nice, nice flute, again, wish to have more money.
I seem to like the ones made around that time 30’s early 40’s.
Not sure why. David anything important about the flutes made then?
off-hand, probably because there seem to be more of the medium holes than larger ones, but that’s just going on memory of the serial number.
tuning’s not that bad, either.
There are pockets of serial numbers with very nice tuning, indeed.
And I’m not at all clear yet why that is since it’s not following any logical pattern. I’m sure McGee has an opinion on the matter since he’s tracked the measurement issue more than most.
anyways…i dont’ doubt this is a nice rudall. I’m not buying…for reasons i will explain at a later moment.
Is Sotheby’s the same auction house as Bonham’s?
Yep, full length in both.
they are distinctively different houses
Any idea what it sounds like?
Clips anywhere?
From an auction house? Not a chance!
hence the nature of auctions. 
nice…
link to the full sized image:
http://images1.bonhams.com/erez4/erez?src=Images%2Flive%2F2011-09%2F08%2F8408955-1-1.jpg
Ah, well this one’s at Bonham’s then.
Besides the repaired cracks in the head and barrel, the foot joint blocks look funny, like they’ve been re-worked, too. Also, the wood looks kind of cruddy around both sides of the Eb block.
Note that the low C & C# keys are stuck in the closed position, when they should be open.
did i screw it up and put sotheby’s instead of bonhams?
duh 
okay…sotheby’s was the day before on my calendar so i clearly mixed them up.
no accounting for stupid. 
i should note that this is a “new discovery” for the catalogue.
I had it’s “kissing” sister registered, one serial number higher.
there are very few consecutively numbered rudalls catalogued and only one pair of consecutively numbered flutes are with the same owner. Interesting factoid.
Sold for £2,125 inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
any luck for one of us?
Lovely looking flute!
darn good price. (~$3,300) That flute should have gotten $4xxx easily.
damn economy.
Yeah. A bit better than the last couple of eBay ones, but not by much! Looks like now’s the best time in ages to buy original R&Rs - if you have the readies!