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Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:46 pm
by mcd220
Hi Guys-
This may be over with by the time this gets posted (My apologies, I only found out about this a few minutes ago)
http://natedsanders.com/catalog.aspx?se ... d%20crosby
That guitar was featured on American Bandstand, and I can also confirm it was used at the Whisky in September 1967, just before David's firing.
Best,
Christian
Re: Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:33 pm
by jimk
I wonder why he's getting rid of this stuff.
JimK
Re: Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:47 pm
by libratune
It looks like the auction for the Crosby Cape was pulled; the Blonde ES 335 sold for $25K.
Re: Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:41 am
by collin
Some tricky copywriting there, but it looks like they tried to say the 335 was a '58. Obviously not the case - looks like 1966, if I had to take a guess based on the features.
You really don't see blond ES's very often though, not a bad price considering the rarity and celebrity provenance.
Re: Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:16 pm
by libratune
Yes, that is clever copywriting: "Dating to 1958, this model . . ." etc.
The serial no. of this guitar makes it a 1963 build.
Re: Crosby's 1st Cape & Gibson ES-335 on the auction block
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:33 pm
by collin
libratune wrote:
The serial no. of this guitar makes it a 1963 build.
Yep, didn't see the serial number.
Would have been a custom order as well, being blonde and without stoptail holes or "custom made" plaque. Cool guitar!