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Man Buys Guitar at Garage Sale for $175, Turns Out It's Worth $800,000
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| 7-21-15
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Posted on 07/29/2015 7:28:49 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
What luck for shipping, United Breaks Guitars.
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:15:41 PM PDT
by
healy61
To: CondorFlight
Lennon was probably reimbursed by his insurance co.
The insurance co might have some salvage claim to it, but the cost to them of providing proof that it is the same instrument would likely greatly offset its value to them.
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:24:48 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Salamander
The last sentence it was.
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:29:48 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
What you meant I knew.
Messing with you I was.
;D
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:49:21 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(We're ALL Dixie, now.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
"And after it was authenticated, it became a Holy Grail." The guitar has been used by Lennon on several early Beatles hits, including "Love Me Do," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You," and more."
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:55:57 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
"George Harrison's Official Facebook Page posted this note on June 4, 2015: "George used his J-160E live, on television, and its the only instrument used on every Beatles album from Please Please Me to Abbey Road."
$800k is chump change for the committed collector.
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:03:02 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Blue Highway
I have a brass nut on my ‘78 Yamaki Japanese Martin knock-off.
It also has a cedar top. Amazing guitar.
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:13:23 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: Mariner
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:24:39 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
My $175 guitar find in Ashland Oregon may not have been worth $800,000 but my brother said it was the best recording acoustic guitar he had ever heard. Just a common Yamaha FG200. He recorded with acoustic guitars costing thousands of dollars and not one of them sounded as full, rich and vibrant as my cheapie little Yamaha find I got in Ashland Oregon while waiting to see a play.
Works for me.
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:43:09 PM PDT
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
To: Liberty Valance
If I had a million bucks I would buy it.
Great pic.
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:52:54 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Mariner; Drumbo
Personally, I'd like the Ludwigs Ringo is playing ...
but that Gibson is a definite keeper.
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posted on
07/29/2015 11:00:01 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: Intolerant in NJ
Rick Harrison seems pretty fair. I remember a woman brought in an original Fabarge spider broach worth $25,000 asking 2K for it. Rick told her he would love to buy it for 2K but unfortunately he has a conscience, told her what it was and offered her 12K. So she asked for 18K. Typical.
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posted on
07/29/2015 11:10:41 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: Squawk 8888
Possible interest to the modern music ping list?
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posted on
07/30/2015 5:58:07 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion; dayglored; Jack Hydrazine; Norm Lenhart; Salamander; TheOldLady; spyone; ...
This is the Modern Music Ping List. Our topic is music from the 20th and 21st century, from Ravel and Shostakovich through to the Synth Pioneers and beyond.
Topic suggestions are always welcome, and pings to music-related threads are appreciated.
FReepmail or reply to this post to be added to or removed from this list.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:10:47 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
To: lastchance
I heard/saw that if insurance paid them back, it is fair game. I think it was on the Pawn Stars show.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:15:34 AM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: Squawk 8888
I used to buy guitars at yard sales, fix ‘em up and sell on eBay. A $35 severely hacked fender got me over $400.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:24:45 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Hugin
Hmm. One would think she'd have looked for that spider... On the web.
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posted on
07/30/2015 8:39:01 AM PDT
by
golux
To: Hugin
I’ve seen a few of those episodes where Rick tells somebody they’ve terribly underestimated the value of some item and given them a fairer price- admirable - but more often his pitch seems to fall into either - if it’s an expensive item of limited availability he’ll say there’s not much of a market for - or - if it’s expensive but there are a lot of them around, he’ll say it’s just not rare enough to make it very valuable - either way he tries to bring the asking price down so he can make a good profit - but that’s business.....
To: ozzymandus
Eh not true...I purchased a used Lotus Flying-V for $50 while I was in high school and it’s held up quite nicely.
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posted on
07/31/2015 11:21:36 AM PDT
by
Fire_on_High
(RIP City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, victim of the Obamaconomy.)
To: Hugin
IMHO Rick is a crook and the whole show is rigged. Has nobody in Las Vegas ever heard of eBay? I think every transaction they show is scripted.
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