Please help me id. this sax (Conn)

[GizmoZQ]

I have no background on this kind of stuff so any help is welcome.

 

This is actualy a friend's, he got it from his grandpa and he wants to sell it and we have no idea what its worth.

 

All we know is that its a Conn and it has a (serial?) number, looks kind of old too but its in good shape.

 

 

[sunburstbasser]

Looks like a Director. It should have both a serial number and a model number. This image lists the Director as 14M. The star engraving looks the same.

 

http://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/Conn14Mdraw1956image.html

 

If you can find the model number on it, you can follow auctions on Ebay and get an idea what it's worth. Old professional Conn saxophones are still regarded as some of the best ever made and sell for thousands, while the student line models sell for a couple hundred.

[GizmoZQ]

 

Looks like a Director. It should have both a serial number and a model number. This image lists the Director as 14M. The star engraving looks the same. http://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/Conn14Mdraw1956image.html If you can find the model number on it, you can follow auctions on Ebay and get an idea what it's worth. Old professional Conn saxophones are still regarded as some of the best ever made and sell for thousands, while the student line models sell for a couple hundred.

 

 

Many thanks, about the model and serial number... All I see is H5126x on the back, cant tell if its the serial number or the actual model.

[sunburstbasser]

That should be a serial number. All Conn instruments have a number/letter for their model. The letter identifies what it is, like a 22B is a trumpet.

 

Sorry I can't be more help, I don't know nearly as much about the saxes as the trumpets Conn has made.

[Vibroluxman]

It's a conn director aka shooting star model. They go for about $100 sadly. Student model horn.