We looked at the advert, we have found that some of the claims made are fictional.
The seller is being economical with the truth, with regard to what the Desk was used for and what sessions.
Buyer beware.
We also did not give the seller the permission to use any photos from TGA.
Regards,
TGA
https://thegenesisarchive.co.u…r-lane-farm-chiddingfold/
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Not a huge surprise. Once the original owner is out of the loop, people tend to "bend the provenance" of items to increase the price. Used to happen a lot with Mellotrons back in the day, so people would claim it belonged to "Crimson/Banks/Pinder/Lennon" to jack up the price. Very hard to prove otherwise unless you have serial numbers etc.
Buying from the original owner is the best bet, but even that can be an issue. Genesis believe they bought an ex-Crimson 'tron because they went to crimson's rehearsal room, and they almost certainly did, (Discussed elsewhere recently) but let's face it, anyone can carry an instrument into a building. A mixer, slightly harder!
As an aside, from your records, you might know this: The serial number of the first Genesis 'tron? Crimson's (that were early enough to have been sold at this time) were a mk 2, serial no 113, and another mk2, no 211.
Caveat Emptor, eh? (Probably Latin for "Empties your Wallet)