It took a day to wrap up and truck out hundreds of musical instruments now stored in a Surrey warehouse ahead of an online auction.

At the seller香蕉视频直播檚 house, an Able Auctions crew sorted and transported some unique and rare instruments including guitars, amps, microphones, horns, harps, banjos, drums, dulcimers, mixers, cases, xylophones 香蕉视频直播� you name it, it香蕉视频直播檒l be auctioned on Nov. 19.

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Someone in the Gulf Islands is selling off a "lifetime collection" of musical instruments with Surrey's .
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香蕉视频直播� Tom Zillich (@TomZillich)

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A 香蕉视频直播減review香蕉视频直播� of all those instruments is planned Friday, Nov. 18, a day before the online auction.

The pandemic forced Able to hold all auctions online, where they香蕉视频直播檒l be forever more.

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Online is a much more efficient way of auctioning, he added.

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