• How the Heck Do I Figure Out What My Old Guitar is (more or less) Worth

    From larryjbrown9@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 7 15:33:38 2020
    I have a twenty-yr-old Collings that I don't play anymore. I was thinking of offering it at a good price to my brother-in-law in San Jose who plays and is still a guitar 'enthusiast', not because I need the money but because I hate to think that it is
    going to just rot away in Mexico like an old box of books, after I die down here. But it occurs to me that I don't have the slightest idea what to give it to him for.
    I did some googling but didn't find much that was helpful. Anybody who knows a decent resource for this, I'd appreciate it. I'm just looking for a ballpark.

    Larry

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to larryjbrown9@gmail.com on Tue Jan 7 19:37:34 2020
    On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 15:33:38 -0800 (PST), larryjbrown9@gmail.com wrote:

    I have a twenty-yr-old Collings that I don't play anymore.
    I was thinking of offering it at a good price to my brother-in-law
    in San Jose who plays and is still a guitar 'enthusiast',
    not because I need the money but because I hate to think that
    it is going to just rot away in Mexico like an old box of books,
    after I die down here. But it occurs to me that I don't have
    the slightest idea what to give it to him for.
    I did some googling but didn't find much that was helpful.
    Anybody who knows a decent resource for this, I'd appreciate it.
    I'm just looking for a ballpark.
    Larry


    Just a random thought - have it appraised.
    < not for Insurance Value - but for actual value >
    .. or put it up for sale at a few guitar sites -
    " Best Offer " for 2 months.
    After 2 months - offer it to the B-I-L for
    a good price - relative to the best offer.
    If he balks - sell it to the best offer.
    John T.

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