Next Gardiner and Houlgate Auction - March 16th

Bridgehouse

HarrySeven said:

Ovation Breadwinner

Ovation Deacon

Gibson XPL

Egmond Thunder 2

Fernandes AG-170

^Those will do nicely, thanks.

You'd have to budget more than you spend in 10 years to get them given their prices @HarrySeven ;

monoamine

which one is that then Neil?
my gut says its the special...

IvisonGuitars

monoamine said:

which one is that then Neil?
my gut says its the special...

It's a '63 Firebird III - looks lovely mind! 

SteveRobinson

That's the one that I would like. 

Brize

crunchman said:

Loving wife: "I can't get in the spare room because you've got 18 guitars in there."

18 guitars!



















Who the hell only has 18 guitars?

Stuckfast

I'm curious about lot 221, the small acoustic by William Dinsdal. Not heard of him, but it looks a nice instrument.

Stuckfast

... and if anyone is really going to pay £1500 for a Roland Juno 60, they need their head examining.

richh

I had a Juno 60 that I sold years ago for peanuts. Who knew they'd become collectible? Never mind, I'm not a keyboard player anyway.

I saw Gardiner and Houlgate at the Guitar Show, and they are promoting heavily.  Which is good for them, but makes it more likely that more people are going to be competing in bidding, driving prices up.

BTW - is eBay really struggling at the moment?  They seem to be advertising to try to get people to sell their stuff with some very good offers.  If they were doing well, they really wouldn't have to do that would they?

Stuckfast

I had a Roland Jupiter 8... sold it about seven or eight years ago, thinking the prices had got to a ridiculous level and had to crash soon.

It's probably worth at least twice as much now. Sigh.

Bygone_Tones

These float my boat:

Bygone_Tones

and this of course:

fretfinder

Bygone_Tones said:

These float my boat:

The top one would probably sink your boat, never mind float it!

SteveRobinson

Bygone_Tones said:

and this of course:

Surely a refin?

peteri

And more besides 

fretfinder

SteveRobinson said:

Bygone_Tones said:

and this of course:

Surely a refin?

GH told me the finish had been authenticated as original by Clive Brown! But it looks every inch the refinish to every other expert I know who has seen the pics. It was in the previous auction and didn't reach its reserve. 

guitars4you

fretfinder said:

SteveRobinson said:

Bygone_Tones said:

and this of course:

Surely a refin?

GH told me the finish had been authenticated as original by Clive Brown! But it looks every inch the refinish to every other expert I know who has seen the pics. It was in the previous auction and didn't reach its reserve. 

the perils of buying vintage ?

have you seen lot #29 - any comments regarding the players grade 55 LP Junior 

TonyR

If I had the funds this would be mine:



My dream RIC. 

guitars4you

fretfinder said:

SteveRobinson said:

Bygone_Tones said:

and this of course:

Surely a refin?

GH told me the finish had been authenticated as original by Clive Brown! But it looks every inch the refinish to every other expert I know who has seen the pics. It was in the previous auction and didn't reach its reserve. 

Interesting concept regarding any 'dubious' finish

what come back do you have against GH - on the sales particular it does not state anything about it been or indeed not been original - or indeed 'authenticated by Clive Brown' - In the condition of sales I dare say it covers them, on the basis that goods can be inspected for viewing, so buyer beware I suppose - as long as it is not a total 'fake' then it gets rid of any come back against GH - yet a dealer can't apply the same principal, as the buyer would want it in writing that it is an original finish - 10 penneth on your thoughts

Bridgehouse

@guitars4you  their literature makes a big thing of "it's up to you to verify authenticity and is nowt to do with us"

In their Ts & Cs and everything..

guitars4you

Bridgehouse said:

@guitars4you  their literature makes a big thing of "it's up to you to verify authenticity and is nowt to do with us"

In their Ts & Cs and everything..

I assumed that would be the case - a legit dealer would never get away with that - They don't confirm what it is, or what it isn't and no come back - excellent !!!!!