Next Gardiner and Houlgate Auction - March 16th

IvisonGuitars

fretfinder said:

fretfinder said:

SteveRobinson said:

fretfinder said: hi

Anyone know how much the Braz OM35 went for, and the 59/60 TV Special, and the shaped Fender tweed case (from the sublime to the ridiculous...).

The auction results are here​:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gardiner-houlgate/catalogue-id-srgard10060


The Special went for about £4.5K with fees and VAT. 

Edit: looks like it hasn't finished yet!

Edit: this is very confusing, did it sell for £5.5K plus (i.e about £7K?)

Looks like it went for £3400 plus fees. That's probably below the reserve. It was in their previous auction and didn't meet its reserve. 

Correction, the last bid on the 59/60 TV Special was £5,500 so £6,820 including fees. Whoever bought that must believe it's the original finish and not a refin.

Did it make the reserve?

Strat54

fretfinder said:

Correction, the last bid on the 59/60 TV Special was £5,500 so £6,820 including fees. Whoever bought that must believe it's the original finish and not a refin.

No doubt it will be sold one day as genuine. The vintage market is an absolute nightmare. I just ruined someones day in the U.S who posted a pic of his supposedly genuine blackguard Esquire which had the same serial number as a very genuine Broadcaster prominently featured in Nacho Banos' The Blackguard book....oops. I sent him pics of the book and he was genuinely flabbergasted. He knew his was a refin and had apparently been re-necked at Fender in '52...alas it now seems like a fake. Poor bloke.

SteveRobinson

As if "refin and re-neck" didn't ring alarm bells

IvisonGuitars

SteveRobinson said:

As if "refin and re-neck" didn't ring alarm bells

This.

Sounds like Triggers Broom to me...

SteveRobinson

Lot 29, (£2100+fees) has resurfaced with a tidy markup 
https://reverb.com/item/5734573-gibson-les-paul-junior-1955-tv-yellow

Bridgehouse

SteveRobinson said:

Lot 29, (£2100+fees) has resurfaced with a tidy markup 
https://reverb.com/item/5734573-gibson-les-paul-junior-1955-tv-yellow

Guffaw - that's quite some mark up