A lady walks into a music shop in Pretoria recently with an old guitar........

joel

? ,.......she wants to sell it , they buy it from her......Its a 1960 Gibson Les Paul... :'(.....any further info on this story?

DonovanB

Did you buy it? have you got any more info on it from her, like how did she get it etc?

MikeM

Was sold to someone in the U.S? Think Nick mentioned something about it

joel

Donovan Banks wrote Did you buy it? have you got any more info on it from her, like how did she get it etc?

☹ , modified my original post a bit..........this did happen the other day ( not to me though :'( )

vic

Yeah..I saw pics of a '60 sunburst that was bought by a dealer "up north" ...could be the same guitar

DonovanB

there are so few details here, what's going on in this thread?

joel

Donovan Banks wrote there are so few details here, what's going on in this thread?

.....exactly , ☹......... , can anyone shed further light on this please ?

inflames

How much do you think the shop paid for the gem?

joel

I still don't know exact facts or details of how this guitar was discovered and how much was paid by the shop for it etc , but Stuart from Marshall Music in Woodmead is currently in the USA , delivering the guitar to Richard Henry Guitars , who have been given the sole rights to sell the guitar................

Heres a pic :

8) Heres some links :

www.mylespaul.com/forums/2139167-post14.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/1960-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Vintage-Tiger-Stripe-/140464208512?pt=Guitar&hash=item20b451ba80

vic

The export of some of our vintage gems is nothing new. At R970,000 this an excellent buy and was it not for the plugged bigbsy holes it would have been a lot more imho. These guitars could easily fetch $250k ?

Vintage-Guitar

joel wrote
Donovan Banks wrote there are so few details here, what's going on in this thread?

.....exactly , ☹......... , can anyone shed further light on this please ?

This guitar is currently on consignment with a UK dealer and is in Dallas for the Arlington Guitar Show.
I highly doubt it will sell for the asking price of $137,500.

joel

Vintage Guitar wrote

This guitar is currently on consignment with a UK dealer and is in Dallas for the Arlington Guitar Show.
I highly doubt it will sell for the asking price of $137,500.

Economic reasons ? .....Bigsby ?.

As a vintage guitar collector why do you think this ?

Vintage-Guitar

joel wrote
Vintage Guitar wrote

This guitar is currently on consignment with a UK dealer and is in Dallas for the Arlington Guitar Show.
I highly doubt it will sell for the asking price of $137,500.
Economic reasons ? .....Bigsby ?.

As a vintage guitar collector why do you think this ?

There is far better 1958-1960 Les Paul Stock available for the same sort of money.
This particular late 1960 example also has the least desirable features and a Bigsby removal.
Thin neck, reflector knobs and the tomato soup colour.

Bob-Dubery

Question: What did said lady get for the guitar?

vic

Vintage Guitar wrote
joel wrote
Vintage Guitar wrote

This guitar is currently on consignment with a UK dealer and is in Dallas for the Arlington Guitar Show.
I highly doubt it will sell for the asking price of $137,500.
Economic reasons ? .....Bigsby ?.

As a vintage guitar collector why do you think this ?
There is far better 1958-1960 Les Paul Stock available for the same sort of money.
This particular late 1960 example also has the least desirable features and a Bigsby removal.
Thin neck, reflector knobs and the tomato soup colour.

Here is a less original example for a lot more...a '60 for $185000 www.gruhn.com

and a '59 with no "Les Paul model" logo for $199000. Click inventory and then Gibson solidbody electrics...

vic

X-rated Bob wrote Question: What did said lady get for the guitar?

I can only guess...hope she 's an informed person

Vintage-Guitar

vic wrote
Vintage Guitar wrote
joel wrote
Vintage Guitar wrote

This guitar is currently on consignment with a UK dealer and is in Dallas for the Arlington Guitar Show.
I highly doubt it will sell for the asking price of $137,500.
Economic reasons ? .....Bigsby ?.

As a vintage guitar collector why do you think this ?
There is far better 1958-1960 Les Paul Stock available for the same sort of money.
This particular late 1960 example also has the least desirable features and a Bigsby removal.
Thin neck, reflector knobs and the tomato soup colour.
Here is a less original example for a lot more '60 for $185000 http://www.gruhn.com/?utm_source=Goop+Newsletter&utm_campaign=40aa69849d-Goop75_03_25_2010&utm_medium=email

and a '59 with no "Les Paul model" logo for $199000. Click inventory and then Gibson solidbody electrics...

These pieces are on consignment and have been in stock for ages.
If you had talk to the guitars owner and the deal was all cash(no trades) they would be at least 30% cheaper.

vic

I see the said '60 LP is now on eBay for a buy it now price of $190,000

http://cgi.ebay.com/1960-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Vintage-Tiger-Stripe-/140464208512?pt=Guitar&hash=item20b451ba80

Bob-Dubery

Gruhn's have a 1960 Les Paul Standard for a piddling $135000. They note that there is a small repair to a crack (not a break) on the headstock.

They also list the weight for most of their old Les Pauls. This particular one is 8 pounds, but they have a late 50's LP custom at 10lbs 7oz.

Does the weight influence the desirability and thus the price of the instrument?

joel

vic wrote
X-rated Bob wrote Question: What did said lady get for the guitar?
I can only guess...hope she 's an informed person

☹.....didn't want to say until it has been confirmed , but apparently she was paid R40K ......this the figure doing the rounds via bush telegraph ???

The thing is , she could have easily gone to a Cash Converters and got offered a helluva lot less.....maybe thats actually what happened ?