Description: Vintage guitar values can range between a few dollars and hundreds of thousands. Old and antique guitar values can be huge. How can you tell junk from treasure?
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What is the value of my vintage guitar? It is a question that is often asked, but rarely answered definitively, and with good reason. People say that an item's worth is the amount you can get somebody to pay for it. Whilst this is true, especially in the realm of vintage guitar prices, it is not a particularly satisfactory answer when trying to set a reserve on ebay. Or when considering or making offers to vintage guitar dealers. The fact is there is a large degree of subjectivity in any vintage guitar valu
Sale prices can vary hugely depending on where, how and by whom they are sold. Big city guitar shop prices are regularly more expensive than private sales on auction sites and classifieds listings, or private deals between friends. Guitars rare in one place may be very common somewhere else. There are bargains to be had, but also people paying crazy prices. Book values have their place, but if you stick slavishly to these you may well find yourself overpaying for instruments, or unable to sell your own in a
We all know that some guitars can sell for huge amounts. Vintage Gibson guitar values can run into five or six figure sums. Likewise Fender and Martin. But then there are many lower value vintage guitars, including by the aforementioned big brands that don't seem to fetch more than a few hundred dollars. It can be very hard to estimate a value for a guitar when there are so many subtle variations. Specific identification, knowledge of how old, and of any repairs or replaced parts is essential. With vintage