Hello all 2nd post so I thought I would share a story.
First the fellow I got this information from is a person not involved in music nor Guitars. He is also a high level director in my company...I belive him.
Here we go
Back in 2000 a couple called him to ask for assistance (he is a director of some medical assistace type place) and in the chat it was discovered that they were short of cash and the old man was sick..he was in his 70's. long story shorter she asked him if he knows a place to sell a guitar and he said no, she looked in the book and found the 12th Fret down the road.
She takes it there ( she is also in the late 70's) and asks if they want to buy it. She said as soon as they seen the case there eyes lit up, once they opened it they found a 59 sunburst in Mint Mint condition!! She still had her smarts and after the guys started making big offers she said thanks and took it home.
Long story short again, my buddy got in touch with a lawyer who put it up for sale in the US and handled the sale. It sold in 2 weeks for $100.000 plus US. He never did find out exactly what it went for but was told that number.
So... the old man was a country music player from the 50's who lived in the US, he went to war shortly after getting it. Once he came back they moved up here, he never played again and so it sat under the bed since they moved. They lived in the same house they bought back in the 60's
Cool eh!!
Anyone else have a good story?
Bevo
First the fellow I got this information from is a person not involved in music nor Guitars. He is also a high level director in my company...I belive him.
Here we go
Back in 2000 a couple called him to ask for assistance (he is a director of some medical assistace type place) and in the chat it was discovered that they were short of cash and the old man was sick..he was in his 70's. long story shorter she asked him if he knows a place to sell a guitar and he said no, she looked in the book and found the 12th Fret down the road.
She takes it there ( she is also in the late 70's) and asks if they want to buy it. She said as soon as they seen the case there eyes lit up, once they opened it they found a 59 sunburst in Mint Mint condition!! She still had her smarts and after the guys started making big offers she said thanks and took it home.
Long story short again, my buddy got in touch with a lawyer who put it up for sale in the US and handled the sale. It sold in 2 weeks for $100.000 plus US. He never did find out exactly what it went for but was told that number.
So... the old man was a country music player from the 50's who lived in the US, he went to war shortly after getting it. Once he came back they moved up here, he never played again and so it sat under the bed since they moved. They lived in the same house they bought back in the 60's
Cool eh!!
Anyone else have a good story?
Bevo