[saintsday]

What do you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230717055467&fromMakeTrack=true

 

[jicaino]

No. Factory relacquer or very well done relac, but relac. Check the RH pinky keys, there's lacquer on top of repairs and wear.

 

[flava]

She sure is beautiful! Not knowledgeable enough to tell. Looks like it though

 

[Sigmund451]

Id say a very good relaq.

Neck looks pulled down, some ugly spots but in general a really pretty horn.

All in all Id say the dollar amount is a bit high.

 

[saxphil]

relac, there may be traces of jewellers rouge under some key touches in a few places, unless I am imagining things.

The colour looks off for an original lacq Big B and its too shiny.
The engraving is filled in.
It especially looks like a relac in the photos of the back of the bow where the rippled dents are.

 

[maddenma]

Relacq -- although carefully done. It's very near the same color mine was in 1972 before I had it plated. However, you can't make dots out of the engraving without buffing it after the fact -- something that's pretty evident in pics 3-8.

 

[FremontSax]

If this was a re-lacquer then the person who did it was more an artist then a technician! The engraving is beautiful. I would value it highly.

 

[William Bua]

Not a chance in heck is that original lacquer imho

 

[Hornlip]

I don't think it's original, either, though it was well done & the horn didn't get buffed hard. Take a look of the pic with the serial number, for instance, the last two or three digits. They look like they got buffed a bit flat, even though the Buescher logo below is pretty sharp. The lacquer color doesn't seem right, either.