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I was just thinking as I went on line that we haven't seen a real score in a while. Well, I haven't but that buyer did. Congrats to him.

This reminds me of the 1959 4000 in the local paper for $500. The dummy didn't know what he had. It sold later the same day for $10k aus.

Here's a Babel Fish translation of the auction:

"Here a Ric is offered from the year 1964 with the seriennummer De606. The bass is not used and has a damage to the head end plate, which seems to be times broken sometime, these repaired however apparently by someone the anything by this handicraft understands (I war's not!!!). Was recently with the piece with some guitar farmers in the environment around repair offers to catch up some wanted there not at all ran other one wanted it to try however without warranty it then also holds. Therefore I offer the thing expressly as defective for amateur handicraftsmen. The attachments such as mechanisms, Pickups, potentiometer, switch, electrical connection etc. are old however function. If one a Kapodaster or a like over the saddle wedges can one even still drauf play. Thus if someone needs spare parts for a model from the 60ern or wants to invest money for a repair to slam shut now. With further questions, photo desires or price conceptions simply Mail to me. Since this is private one auction, there is no warranty and no return right. _ dispatch it, Ebay I."


What's that bit about 'guitar farmers'?

A field full of Rics...I'd love to see that...LOL

Anyway...someone got very lucky

"I wish the generic eBay search returned auctions like that one."

Gary, bookmark this search, it returns auctions like that one.

Oooh arrrggghhh I'd love to get some EU subsidy for my crop of vintage Rics!

Ilan, I love the search and use it all the time, in fact I have the results e-mailed to me daily. The issue here is, you'd have to check every hour to get a deal like that. I think the auction was less than 2 hours old when it ended.

How did it even last 2 hours!?
What a catch!

"How did it even last 2 hours!?"

Well in fact it didn't last two hours. It takes more than an hour from the moment you list your item until it shows on eBay. So the lucky buyer must have cought it minutes after it appeared. For a catch like that, you have to have an eBay search in the background all the time, and refresh every few minutes. Either that or you're very lucky.

"What a catch!"

He practically stole it. I feel your pain Marc

I think I would have bought a plane ticket to go get it. Seriously.

He sent me some pics,the horseys gone,the headstock has a very weird lump of wood on the back like one of Andrews the repair was the walnut wings coming apart,instead of gluing them someone chose to bolt them all together,its firglo with average playerware,He also knows to contact us here if something falls through.I will downsize photos and post them[pain in the arse]

Thanks Ken!

Even with those issues... what I would give!!

Well I'm glad Bablefish cleared that one up for us. haha!

Is that a 4002 with the repaired neck on that linked ebay site?

Ken ,could you send me the pics. That one is 50 # away from my green one with the volute.
I'm still laughing about it. Even with all the stuff wrong with it, you won't find a better deal all year. As I say, there are still deals out there. You will always find people who don't know what they've got.
I actually checked the German E Bay site yesterday afternoon, and must have just missed it. Nearly $400. Hey, that's what I paid for both of mine.....20+ years ago...

Andy,done!