Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

An opportunity to own THE quintessential instrument of 60's music---I couldn't imagine what it would feel like to win this and call it my own..it's unlikely that a Beatle Rick will ever be auctioned; this may be a once in a lifetime opportunity, for those who have the capital to make the bid....Will it get a bid do you think??? Good Luck to Tomcat!!!!!

I imagine this is not a serious auction, but rather Tomcat is shopping the guitar around to scare up some serious buyers. I suspect if the guitar does change hands it would do so privately without eBay sharing the revenue. Note that there is a reserve price. I suspect it is pretty high.

Perhaps a quarter of a milllion dollars is close, or not! The detailed description of this instrument can be found here.

It appears that a bid of a quarter of a million dollars is tough to beat. I wonder if this beauty will go any higher?

Just 13 hours to go. Let's see what the final hours bring.

Auction ends with a single bid of $250,000 with the reserve not met.

Peter, if Tomcat sold it all he would have is alot of money!!!!

D'oh!!!!!

Peter, if Tomcat sold it all he would have is alot of money!!!!

Yeah, no kidding. The IRS would Love to get Their mitts on some of that "supplemental" income.....Do I smell a "Swiss bank account????"

The starting price has changed to something more realistic. This should get the ball rolling.

Right Gerry, this may go with a fresh new start and lower opening bid.

While the reserve is not yet met the following bids have been made on McGuinn's second Rickenbacker 12-string. Quote:Currently $15,655.00 First bid $15,000.00
Quantity 1 # of bids 2
Time left 1 days, 15 hours +
Started Jun-06-02 22:11:55 PDT
Ends Jun-11-02 22:11:55 PDT
Seller (Rating) fifth-dimension (0)

Four bids and now at $17,600. The plot thickens.

Quote:Currently US $17,600.00 (reserve not yet met) First bid US $15,000.00
Quantity 1 # of bids 4 bid history
Time left 12 hours, 54 mins +
Location California
Country United States
Started Jun-06-02 22:11:55 PDT
Ends Jun-11-02 22:11:55 PDT

Peter, I wish I could say I was one of them...but there's a long way to go yet, it may get interesting!!!

George Peckham placed Harrison's first Rickenbacker (Model 420 in black finish) guitar in the hands of Christies in 1999 who eventually sold it for him for the handsome sum of 56,500 pounds sterling. This being the case, my question is, wouldn't Roger McGuinn's second Rickenbacker (370/12BYRD) be in the same ballpark? At today's exchange that would be approximately 83,066.40 USD. So what do you think? Was the reserve on this instrument $80,000 US?

I've seen the black 420 at the RnRHoF in Cleveland. I'm not sure that the Byrds ever achieved the same "star status" as the Beatles, so I'm not sure that (in the fickle world of: "what's it worth") you can equate an obscure Beatle guitar with a prominent Byrd guitar.

To the "right" Byrd fan, Terry's guitar might be worth quite a lot but I just don't get the whole thing about "owning" a "thing" that was "owned previously" by somebody who was able to do amazing things with it.

Assume the guitar sells to a rich, Japanese collector - where is the intrinsic value 50 years from now?

For that matter, why would McGuinn even pay an extrodinary amount to get the guitar "back"? and while the guitar would certainly be a cool addition to the Rickenbacker wall of fame collection of John's, why would he pay big bucks for it?