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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

2671.0. "Value for Martin and Gibson" by LMOADM::LEVIN (Mother Nature is a wild woman) Tue Jan 26 1993 13:17

    A friend has a couple of guitars he's looking to sell and would be
    interested in getting a value for each...
    
    A Gibson SG Firebrand, mahogany color finish, made in approximately the
    late '70s.
    
    A Martin Acoustic, 1931, all mahogany, small body, 00-17.
    
    Can anyone help me out?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Suegene
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2671.1- fwiw CHEFS::IMMSAadrift on the sea of heartbreakWed Jan 27 1993 06:5515
    Try George Gruhn in Nashville or Mandolin Brothers in New York.
    
    If they will not give valuations, you could get on their mailing lists
    for their lists of vintage instruments to see how much the sort of
    thing your friend has is selling for.
    
    You will of course have to take into account what a shop will buy for,
    how much it will sell for and what you might ask when placing an ad in
    your local paper.  
    
    
    Hope this gives you something to think about.
    
    
    andy
2671.2Your price may varyRANGER::WEBERWed Jan 27 1993 07:194
    A vintage dealer will get $800 or more for an 00-17 in very good
    condition.
    
    A couple of hundred for the SG if it's mint.