Next Gardiner and Houlgate Auction - March 16th

guitars4you

Bridgehouse said:

Teyeplayer said:

Bridgehouse said:

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

Um, you guys don't really think I just.....?





I need to get more wisdoms....

I'm dipping in/out here whilst doing jobs so missed the 'irony' - oooops - 

@miserneil - look what you've started!

Must be honest...your little thread @Bridgehouse and @miserneil has proven almost as entertaining as the auction! Well done gents. 

There were a few brief moments where I thought I'd accidentally clicked the wrong button on the auction website..

you wait till you get your next visa bill

peteri

The 55 Refin SC has amazed me.

That was so little a 55 it's almost wrong to call it that.

Only 'vintage' parts was the pickup, body was refin (and serial number lost?) bridge and pots were changed.

So basically, a lump of wood of some age - and a P90. Does that mean 50's P90s are now worth 2k on their own?

(Good to know since I have two sitting in a guitar at home! )

Bridgehouse

peteri said:

The 55 Refin SC has amazed me.

That was so little a 55 it's almost wrong to call it that.

Only 'vintage' parts was the pickup, body was refin (and serial number lost?) bridge and pots were changed.

So basically, a lump of wood of some age - and a P90. Does that mean 50's P90s are now worth 2k on their own?

(Good to know since I have two sitting in a guitar at home! )

Imagine if I'd have put your DC special through the auction!!

Bridgehouse

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

There were a few brief moments where I thought I'd accidentally clicked the wrong button on the auction website..

you wait till you get your next visa bill

Actually, having done some bin-dipping recently, just wait til @miserneil gets his next visa bill

guitars4you

Bridgehouse said:

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

There were a few brief moments where I thought I'd accidentally clicked the wrong button on the auction website..

you wait till you get your next visa bill

Actually, having done some bin-dipping recently, just wait til @miserneil gets his next visa bill

gullible I know but obviously I must have thought you were in there - should have paid more attention but was busy with other issues - ooops - we have LOL wow and wisdom - need 'prat'

Bridgehouse

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

guitars4you said:

Bridgehouse said:

There were a few brief moments where I thought I'd accidentally clicked the wrong button on the auction website..

you wait till you get your next visa bill

Actually, having done some bin-dipping recently, just wait til @miserneil gets his next visa bill

gullible I know but obviously I must have thought you were in there - should have paid more attention but was busy with other issues - ooops - we have LOL wow and wisdom - need 'prat'

I actually looked at the 58 P at the guitar show. In the right condition, it might have just been worth a punt - not a 9k punt, but close.

However, it would have to be a display-case queen as it really was clapped out. 

BloodEagle

Well, I won the auction for what I was after. Anyone guess what it was?

Strat_a_tat_tat

BloodEagle said:

Well, I won the auction for what I was after. Anyone guess what it was?

The auctioneer's gavel?

I think it was an original 1923 model... but with a replacement handle and a modern repro hammer head.

IvisonGuitars

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

BloodEagle said:

Well, I won the auction for what I was after. Anyone guess what it was?

The auctioneer's gavel?

I think it was an original 1923 model... but with a replacement handle and a modern repro hammer head.

....and refinished by Clive Brown?

Strat54

BloodEagle said:

Well, I won the auction for what I was after. Anyone guess what it was?

You don't win auctions....you just paid more than anyone else wanted to! Thinking of it as winning makes it a 'competition' and that's where it all goes wrong!

BloodEagle

Jesus, forget it. Sure feels like I won something, but I'll bow down to your superior knowledge then 

Strat54

Wow someone just paid £1800 plus fees for one of those not so rare 40th Anniversary '54 Strats! Crazy, there's always plenty of them for sale for much less on the net. For that you can buy a Custom Shop. Auction frenzy, and everything seems to be selling now matter how shitty it is. If @guitars4you had some of these in stock they'd still be there years later. Maybe you should start your own live auction Mark and watch punters pay more than retail. 

IvisonGuitars

Strat54 said:

Wow someone just paid £1800 plus fees for one of those not so rare 40th Anniversary '54 Strats! Crazy, there's always plenty of them for sale for much less on the net. For that you can buy a Custom Shop. Auction frenzy, and everything seems to be selling now matter how shitty it is. If @guitars4you had some of these in stock they'd still be there years later. Maybe you should start your own live auction Mark and watch punters pay more than retail. 

£2232.....

TonyR

I guarantee most of the punters at the auction will have been bedroom dealers. Watch out for most of these guitars appearing on eBay and the like at vastly inflated prices...

As a matter of interest does anyone know how much the Ricky 369/12WB sold for?

IvisonGuitars

£297.60 for a set of Angus Young's old schaller Tuners........

£297 for some bags of old Genesis pics....

£248 for some s/h Antiquity Strat pickups......

£136.40 for a Rockstand guitar case.....

This is INSANITY!!! :-)

Stuckfast

How shit do you think something would have to be before GH would refuse to have it in the auction? I'm tempted to raid the darker corners of the studio and offload it all.

peteri

Bridgehouse said:

peteri said:

The 55 Refin SC has amazed me.

That was so little a 55 it's almost wrong to call it that.

Only 'vintage' parts was the pickup, body was refin (and serial number lost?) bridge and pots were changed.

So basically, a lump of wood of some age - and a P90. Does that mean 50's P90s are now worth 2k on their own?

(Good to know since I have two sitting in a guitar at home! )

Imagine if I'd have put your DC special through the auction!!

Yes, but then you'd never have met me!

HarrySeven

Stuckfast said:

How shit do you think something would have to be before GH would refuse to have it in the auction?

Very shit indeed.

Bridgehouse

HarrySeven said:

Stuckfast said:

How shit do you think something would have to be before GH would refuse to have it in the auction?

Very shit indeed.

You have the definitive voice of authority on that as well @Stuckfast ;;

(only joking @HarrySeven - you know I'm still itching to rummage round your bass collection)

musicman100

miserneil said:

Bridgehouse said:

guitars4you said:

miserneil said:

'68 Esquire £3968.

and you still have to add 24% I assume to these prices ?

No he's adding the 24%

Correct....BUT, there's a sneaky addition I found out this morning, internet bids are another 3% on top of that too!

monoamine said:

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

So where are all these silly priced guitars going to mate?
Shops n ebay with even more added on?