yup, they are just following the burst on up, my old 61 345 came up on ebay about 3 weeks ago to my amazement (have been trying to replace it ever since and found it on ebay !!! 2 owners down since me), needless to say, I'm priced out of the game, best guitar I ever had, but I"m left scratching my head. Do I collect or do I play ? well , I play em. So, I do believe I will not see another vintage 3x5, that's just supply n' demand working . In 6 yrs that guitar doubled to over 15g's from when I had it.
I don't know if the vintage market will subside, time will tell.
its left me looking for alternatives such as: Brian Monty, who looks to build a beautiful version of the 335.
Tokai's are great to: but left me missing something when I owned one.
sadly, those old guitars "have it", unfortunately, they are desired as collectibles. so the search continue's.
I feel your pain, the are just tooo expensive.
anybody have any suggestions where to go ??? (heritage isn't for me, although some folks love these)