1958 Rickenbacker 4000 Bass On Ebay!

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:28 am

Permission granted, Mike, royalty-free of course to a forum member!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:33 am

Phil! I was wondering where you have been. You have not been posting much lately. I bid on that horseshoe on Ebay then I noticed that you were already on it. If you want it, I will back off and wait for the next one.

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:42 am

Hi Ted - you have mail!

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:20 pm

Phil's looking to take advantage of that exchange rate again

Do you intend to drop it in the 65 Phil?
Still, it looks like Ted's got his eye on that beautiful F/G 4000...

Getting back to the 58...under 2 hours and still no bids....anyone going to step up late and grab it??

Phil, I,ll happily get together for a U.K. summer noggin and natter. It would be great to meet up and put faces to names etc..Hopefully Henny can make it and any other U.K. Ric owners as well...
A lawyer getting the beers in too..

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:28 pm

Wints, are you in the London area? I will be there the first week of May for the Cream Reunion and a Christies Auction. Would love to down a few pints with any forum members.

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:40 pm

Mike, no, I,m in Fla,...but get back home to the U.K. about twice a year. I'll be back there June/July. Hopefully someone will take you up on the offer though!

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:12 pm

Yes, Andy is a member in good standing of the US East Coast Rickenbacker Syndicate. We will, one day......rule the world...or own many more Rickenbackers...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:01 pm

Sold! $4550.00

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:09 pm

You Ted...or any other forum member?

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:13 pm

About what I thought it would go for. You wonder how much more it might have fetched if not for that break...still a cool piece. I'd take this rather than a CS for the same price...

U.S. east coast, U.K. east coast, West coast, coast to coast, a new Ric world order across the globe. We're all a brotherhood here

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:18 pm

No better words said!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:48 pm

No, it was not me. Not that I did not think about it though.......

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:27 pm

Yes, Wints, the 65 is the intended transplantee, to give it a little more bite. Mike, mail for you.

$4550 - usual pattern, no interest until the last few hours. Not a bad result. I thought it was nice, and very nearly pushed the button early on, until the Chief Domestic Officer happened to peer over my shoulder.

relayer · Post by **relayer** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:27 am

Belatedly, but thanks, Mike, for the catalogue shot. BTW, how many pieces would you say were auctioned off? I know JE had *far* more than what's shown in his book.

Andrew - $7000 (U.S., I assume) would've been way out of my comfort zone, but I know there was someone on this forum talking about doing one up like that - I've always half heartedly thought about it, and we'll see once I hear about how it went for him. As for JE's 8 - good thing it didn't go for the estimated price - you would've been kicking yourself then, and I'd be doing the same thing now.

Regarding the '58 - as has been mentioned, the eBay trend these days is to have no action on a high dollar item, only to see a flurry near the end. I find that annoying (not that I can do anything about it), because I can't get a read on where the auction's headed at all. I guess that's partly the point though. :-\

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:38 am

That's the way I do it to keep the shill bidders and ebay rookies under control. Make up your mind what you're willing to pay and bid at the last minute. If someone outbids you, they wanted it more and it wasn't meant to be!