I am friendly with the auctioneer of a small local auction house who has been instructed by the government to dispose of a deceased estate who was intestate. He was a little out of his comfort zone faced with a specialist guitar sale but has taken it on.
He was amazed to enter a small flat and find that the deceased had amassed a collection of nearly 50 guitars most in very good condition and many rare and unusual. They have now been catalogued and will all be sold with no reserve prices
Due to covid he can only allow 30 people in the auction hall but there will be extensive viewing the week before the sale and like his recent "Silent Auctions" he will be accepting bids via his FB page by telephone or during viewing.
I have some small knowledge of guitars and so have had a privileged preview
I have some eye candy for you like the EKO 700-4v the Rickenbacker 360 fireglo 12 string a couple of Italia s including a Mondial
lots of Epis Hofners Schecters and even a few Fenders but I will not swamp the board with picture links
So if anyone wants to know where and when message me and I will direct you to The auction rooms FB page!
I have no affiliation to the business but I love nice guitars and I am sure you will be as gobsmacked as I was when I got to see this hoard
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Although in fairness, if it was Harry, it would more likely say 'He was amazed to open 1 cupboard and find 50 guitars'
Just let us all know the auction house in the thread itself.
The auction is Bervie Auctions Market Square Inverbervie
They do not have a web site but they do operate a facebook page as Bervie Auctions
The auctioneer is David Smith and the number on the page is his parents who live above the hall
The nearest thing to a death rattle was the exhaust on his Rover 75.
Make that 499. (I currently have the Höhner GT3, Roland GK3/GR20 outfit seen in H7’s September “stock take” Discussion.)
This will be extremely useful to find the true values for anything in there.
My guess is that a lot of them will be worryingly (for some collectors and dealers) low.
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Unusual mix of guitars. I don't know much about Hofner but since most of the collection is low to mid priced stuff, I'm guessing the Hofners are modern reissues rather than vintage pieces?
Looks like standard cheapo tat tbh but may be something in there that catches someone’s eye.
I'm guessing Hermes doesn't quite count