GH Auction - Bit of a Markup!?

HarrySeven

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Fender-Precision-Bass-Guitar-Made-In-USA/132331064499?hash=item1ecf8bccb3%3Ag%3AKYgAAOSwQQ5ZvQHz


https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-srgard10070/lot-130f40d1-6b01-4fcc-9db9-a7d7011de8de

Modellista

I genuinely hope people like that get stuck with the instruments and can't turn a profit.  Although it is "recently tuned" - as we know that adds a lot of value.  And also "left to rest" - what an advanced technique worthy of the finest luthiers!

IvisonGuitars

Ah, bless 'em!

This is still the GREATEST mark up/piss take in the history of auction chancers though in my opinion....

http://nottinghamcityguitars.com/product/1960-fender-custom-esquire/

http://guitar-auctions.co.uk/portfolio-post/lot-21-1960-fender-custom-esquire-electric-guitar-made-in-usa/

Funkfingers

Holey bank balance, Batman.

I like the eBay description of the Fender bass. "Refinished from Fiesta Red to original by Clive Brown." It looks like Fiesta Red now!

If the instrument has been refinished, normally, that would detract from its perceived monetary value.

clarkefan

On vintage Les Paul's a "refin" hits the value by 50% in the market in the States, it's seriously frowned upon.

Jez6345789

This market will slowly die out I hope
The trouble is these guys are slowly pushing up prices whether we like it or not as unless you are on a forum like this many people use Ebay etc as a benchmark of what you can expect to pay for an older guitar.  

All that said despite being on here and reading most of the decent posts I first heard of the Nottingham place this week. 

As for the Clive Brown refinsh this guy must of refinished most of the 2nd hand vintage guitars on the UK market :-) 

It seems you just add those words in and that legitimises the fact that its a refinish no receipt of documentary evidence. 

Hey ho 

When buying vintage or older guitars never did the expression caveat emptor apply. 

Bygone_Tones

"All guitars are left to rest for a few days, to make sure there are no niggles before listing. "

So it can't be the same one, the auction was only on Thursday.

GuyR

If you want a bass like this, go to the auction and buy it for £3720. Surely anyone seriously intending to acquire this type of instrument will spend a lot of time researching the market and understand what the correct ballpark value is, three very similar precisions sold in the December auction for £2800-3000 plus fees.
Good luck to the seller, it's a free market, but I don't see where a buyer would come from at this level.

Jez6345789

The other thought I had is this where it's going post CITES that the old stock in the UK is not going to get much larger other than imports in person.  Doubt people are going to be bringing in regular shipments wholesale. Also its a lot hard to get a guitat shipped with a rosewood board if you can find a store say in the US or Japan that would bother with the paper work

SimpleSimon

Jez6345789 said:

As for the Clive Brown refinsh this guy must of refinished most of the 2nd hand vintage guitars on the UK market :-) 

When the very same guy flatly fucking refused to refinish my original '67 casino that had a terrible flaking finish and in desperate need of one and told me to buy one in a different colour/better finish, yet is seemingly happy to refinish and relic a bass to look authentic?