Can't really say much about the value because there's no market as such to compare it to, but the rarity of these things does make them collectable. Brands like Wandre & Crucianelli can command some downright silly prices.
The repair's ugly but a competent luthier could fix this invisibly and it looks like it would be a fairly straightforward job. Breaks like this are glued back together and wooden splints inserted to reinforce the repair, like this:

Being black, the damaged area can be refinished to conceal the repair.
Jon.Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Sat Nov 13, 2010 3:48 pm
]]>