Fair prices for 60s Burns and/or Baldwin guitars

kentuckyklira

There isn´t much on the market at the moment, therefore eBay and google aren´t of much help.

What would you consider a fair price for a mid 60s Burns Split Sound in pretty good condition and/or it´s Baldwin counterpart?

Funkfingers

Paging @HarrySeven ;

RustySpanner

Interested in this.

I've just been given a Baldwin 706 which is in need of some work (worn frets, divots in fretboard, stripped neck bolts, pots). 
I'd be interested in whether it's worth investing the cash.

Fingers657

Have you got any pictures of the Burns you can post ?

HarrySeven

The difficulty (as ever) is striking a balance between items which have *actually* sold and those which are simply priced speculatively or over-priced due to a not-necessarily accurate, but perceived shift in value (for instance, in the well-documented instance of Yamaha SGs).

I’ll freely admit that I’m not a huge vintage Burns fan - IMHO, they belong to the “look cool, idiosyncratic, don’t-play-great, variable-quality” school of home-brew, garden shed UK manufacturing. I also don’t really get the prices they appear to command (although vintage, nostalgia-infused elderly Burns fans, which, I suppose, like the Hank Marvin brigade, won’t be around much longer), but I digress…

Over the past year, I’ve personally seen examples of Burns/Baldwin Split Sound with asking prices anywhere between £550 - £1100, with the top-end of that scale (£900+) primarily on Reverb. I’m sure I saw one end at £750 at GH not that long ago. IIRC, even well-known “price-optimists” TML don’t appear to have exceeded £900.

@RustySpanner - the last Baldwin 706 I saw sell was again at GH - nice condition, with case @ £180.

kentuckyklira

HarrySeven said:

The difficulty (as ever) is striking a balance between items which have *actually* sold and those which are simply priced speculatively or over-priced due to a not-necessarily accurate, but perceived shift in value (for instance, in the well-documented instance of Yamaha SGs).

I’ll freely admit that I’m not a huge vintage Burns fan - IMHO, they belong to the “look cool, idiosyncratic, don’t-play-great, variable-quality” school of home-brew, garden shed UK manufacturing. I also don’t really get the prices they appear to command (although vintage, nostalgia-infused elderly Burns fans, which, I suppose, like the Hank Marvin brigade, won’t be around much longer), but I digress…

Over the past year, I’ve personally seen examples of Burns/Baldwin Split Sound with asking prices anywhere between £550 - £1100, with the top-end of that scale (£900+) primarily on Reverb. I’m sure I saw one end at £750 at GH not that long ago. IIRC, even well-known “price-optimists” TML don’t appear to have exceeded £900.

@RustySpanner - the last Baldwin 706 I saw sell was again at GH - nice condition, with case @ £180.

Thank you, you’ve helped me resist the urge. I guess, if at all, I’ll get a Burns or Baldwin as a souvenir next time I visit the UK.