Re: Antiques ROadshow 57 Strat (Take a guess)


"Brad" <bjdbradnospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:18:23 GMT, "Jeff" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >"Sacramento Dave" <diacono@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> "Jeff" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > The guitar was purchased new in 57 by her father and has been sitting
in
> >a
> >> > closet in its hardshell case without strings since his death in 1980,
> >she
> >> > just pulled it out to see if it were worth anything. Wonder how many
> >other
> >> > 57 Strats or other high end guitars are just sitting around closets
of
> >> > people who have no idea what they are worth, nor care.
> >>
> >> Their better be one with my name on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I go to garage sales and flea markets every week, just about. Looking for
> >whatever but always hoping to come across that guitar that the owner
doesnt
> >know the value and asks 20 dollars for and the name of Gibson, Gretsche,
> >Fender, Mosrite or some other high end brand shows up. Instead what I
find
> >is TONS of Harmony's (Old mostly unpl,ayable Harmony's someone wants 40
> >bucks for) and other no name Guitars. ONCE in Bessemer Alabama I found a
guy
> >selling some Ibanez Electric Guitars, well used, for new guitar prices.
At
> >that same Flea Market there was some guy selling pretty Sunburst painted
> >accoustics for 90 bucks, of course everyone knows why the Sunburst paint
> >scheme was developed for guitars (Originally to hide cheap wood) and to
make
> >cheap guitars saleable. I also found a Fender accoustic once, last
winter,
> >for 5 dollars. It looked perfect, until I picked it up and noticed the
back
> >was completely caved in. One of these days Ill run across one. I am sure.
> >
>
>
> I do a bit of that estate auctions too.....I have found that flea
> markets don't pay anymore because the other people there make the
> rounds before it opens up for the public and old name brand guitars
> usually don't make it until opening. Estate auctions though are all
> those things in the closet and attics but also depends on how good the
> auctioneer is on recognizing something could be valuable.
>

Yes, I love those estate auctions. I have seen two guitars at estate sales.
An well worn Gretche Country Gentleman that went for 3500 dollars and
another I had not seen before, a Fender double neck with 6 string on top and
12 string on bottom. That went for 2000. Today I stopped at the local Flea
Market-Antique Mall (Theres tons of them here in the south open 7 days a
week). There were two guitars there. One of them had no name, 6 string
accoustic. Had some mexican writing in the body and the keys were bone,
price was $60. No use for another accoustic as I have a Fender accoustic, a
Martin D-28 and a Johnson Cutaway. They also had one old Harmony with a very
worn hardshell case. It was a Harmony Monterey Archtop. The price was $125.
Guitar was in good condition, the strings set really high off the frets,
just like I remember the old Harmony's. Hard to play. Harmony was my first
Guitar, Kay was my second. Had a Kay Les Paul Sr.


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