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Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:29 pmby Manning
In case any of you have a spare couple' of hundred grand.
http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions ... index.htmlThe "Early 1970s Ampex MM1000" might tempt a few of you.
The guitarists like myself will just go into meltdown over everything.
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:44 pmby Manning
"# 1952 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (Est. $14,000 - $16,000) No serial number, Trapeze tailpiece, tuners have been changed to Grover’s, pat. Pending with original case. This is one of the very first Les Paul guitars produced. The back of the headstock is hand signed, “Les Paul.” The guitar is pictured on page 238 of Paul’s autobiography Les Paul In His Own Words. "
Hmmmmm, I'm a bit skeptical about a pre-production Les Paul prototype going for only $16K. I'll note that the SG belonging to his wife Mary just went for $110K.
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:46 pmby stosostu
Interesting that the second instrument listed is a Fender, and signed by Leo personally, maybe they really were friends after all.
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:06 pmby wez
Forget about the estimates, they're usually meaningless.
At Eric Clapton's "Crossroads" auction a few years ago, Christie's estimated Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Lenny" strat at "$15,000-$20,000"... it sold for $623,000. Many, many items were estimated in the $2000-$4000 range but ended up selling in the $20,000-$40,000 range (just looking through the Christie's catalog now... so glad I bought it, it's fantastic).
As for "Blackie"... well they didn't even bother with an estimate (sold for $959,500).
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:17 pmby Drumstruck
stosostu wrote:Interesting that the second instrument listed is a Fender, and signed by Leo personally, maybe they really were friends after all.
Doesn't every Les Paul owner have a strat just to show how wimpy ..... I'll stop there
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:55 pmby Chris H
Drumstruck wrote:stosostu wrote:Interesting that the second instrument listed is a Fender, and signed by Leo personally, maybe they really were friends after all.
Doesn't every Les Paul owner have a strat just to show how wimpy ..... I'll stop there
........maple drumsticks are!
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:39 amby HA_DA_JA
I happen to have a "blackie" if anyone is interested. 2003/2004 model. Drop me a PM.
Cheers
Dale
Re: Les Paul's estate auction
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Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:17 amby Drumstruck
Chris H wrote:Drumstruck wrote:stosostu wrote:Interesting that the second instrument listed is a Fender, and signed by Leo personally, maybe they really were friends after all.
Doesn't every Les Paul owner have a strat just to show how wimpy ..... I'll stop there
........maple drumsticks are!
