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Anyone watch Pawn Stars tonite?

Missed it.........unfortunately.

winston wrote:Missed it.........unfortunately.

Rick paid $90,000 for it.

octagon wrote:

winston wrote:Missed it.........unfortunately.

Rick paid $90,000 for it.

I'll bet you $9 he didn't actually buy it. They have been caught like 5 or 6 times "buying" guitars from "regular folk" who happen to work at vegas guitar stores where... ta da! The guitars Rick bought are still hanging on the rack.

And now...the rest of the story:

duanesworld at TGP said:

"deal was semi real. Actually the nephew brought it into the pawn shop ad they said they had no interest. Kinda like Mary who? well he took the guitar over to jesse at cowtown who was more then happy to consign it. He was figuring bout 60k. He then called up the producers of the show and said he had a great piece for the show. So back to pawn stars with the guitar. I was able to play the guitar as was alot of friends down at cow. It was fun to look thru the paper work. and from what Jesse told me, the old man at pawn stars was a huge les paul and Mary Ford fan and thats why they bought it. "

octagon wrote:Rick paid $90,000 for it.

I've never seen him paid that kind of money for anything.

Sitting on the Bay ... with a $250,000 BIN price ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mary-Fords-Pers ... 337109afb7

Item 220939792311

Personally, I could care less who owned it. Nice SG for sure, but I wouldn't pay a premium for celebrity provenance no how, no way.

Me, neither, but substitute "couldn't" in the above statement.

jingle_jangle wrote:Me, neither, but substitute "couldn't" in the above statement.

Oh yeah, me too! I can't afford an '61 SG Reissue at the moment

jingle_jangle wrote:Me, neither, but substitute "couldn't" in the above statement.

That one always makes me laugh too. Finally, someone else on earth who understands that phrase!

I thought Paul meant substitute "couldn't" for "wouldn't" in the sentence...

Rick wrote:Sitting on the Bay ... with a $250,000 BIN price ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mary-Fords-Pers ... 337109afb7

Item 220939792311

Dang! should have bought it for $60,000 when it was on consignment at Cowtown.

If we're up in the hundreds of thousands ($), I personally think this recent eBay offering is much cooler ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elvis-Presley-R ... 43ac648105

(It is a completed listing, so you'll need to log in to eBay to view it)

If either the prime JL or GH Ric came available, I'd guess there would be a premium for the artist provenance. "Blackie", an otherwise $1,000 guitar, sold for around $1m.

But Mary's SG ... hmmmm ... maybe if it was part of a his/her set?

Rick wrote:
If either the prime JL or GH Ric came available, I'd guess there would be a premium for the artist provenance. "Blackie", an otherwise $1,000 guitar, sold for around $1m.

But Mary's SG ... hmmmm ... maybe if it was part of a his/her set?

Yeah, but those are just the sales that were public. A lot more goes down behind closed doors, for sure.

Case-in-point would have to be the famous "Keithburst" 1959 Les Paul (http://www.richardhenryguitars.com/keith.aspx). RnR provenance? Has it in spades....purchased by Keith Richards in '64, used to record Cream's Fresh Cream as well as live at Windsor '66, used by Mick Taylor in both John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and the Stones, used for recording by Jimmy Page, briefly owned by the dude from Whitesnake. That's some serious history one one instrument.

It sold a few years back, and i'm sure it was well over $1M. Had to be...



p.s...as for this SG, $90K sounds high, let along $250K.....if it was Les Paul's Les Paul maybe....but Mary Ford? She was famous by association only. Those documents are probably more valuable than the instrument.