55 Goldtop sold for $8200!

[SuperReal]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1955-Gibson-Les...temZ140328815180QQptZGuitarQQsalenotsupported
I haven't seen a cleaner one...only 2 bids. Wonder if it was real?

 

[JIMI55LP]

If it wasn't real, I need to get them to make one for me! The guitar was in museum quality condition along with the Lifton case, and it looked like it may have had IRC pots. I missed the end of the auction do to a local emergency, but was prepared to bid 14K in the final minutes, I wonder what the proxy was on that $8200.00 winning bid? I sure hope someone here got that GT, take a look at the photos?

 

[Decoy205]

omg that is amazing if that actually went through for that price.

wow. What a score.

 

[wizardmc]

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[blauserk]

That is the score of the century if that was for real. Please, somebody tell me it sold locally for more like $16k.

 

[valcotone]

Isn't that an R4 dressed up with an old harness to look vintage?

What's with the forstner bit drilling in the control cavity?

This same guitar with some of the same descriptive text was involved in a craigs list scam a couple of months ago:

tdpri thread on this guitar...

 

[Brown Recluse]

The same seller sold a '65 Strat for over 20K in May. That auction didn't involve hidden bidder ID's nor wire transfer payment as the only option. The Les Paul auction had to have been a scam.

 

[rufes]

wow!

You can't buy a VOS Pearly Gates with that money

 

[55Custom]

What's with the forstner bit drilling in the control cavity?

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That's the first thing I noticed. Carving away the "R4" stamp. it looked like a rushed job to boot.

 

[Wannatone]

If it's too good to be true, it just isn't. :ganz

The same guitar (same pics) was 'sold' for $15,600 by 'voltar7' on March 21 in a 'private bidder' auction (scam, too).
There might be a thread about it.

 

[SuperReal]

If it's too good to be true, it just isn't. :ganz

So true. Ad looked great on the surface, but many warning signs: pics just blurry enough, no location, etc. Another scam exposed....

 

[blauserk]

The position of the "Gibson" on the headstock, to my eye, looks right for '55. The closeup of the fingerboard (complete with flatwound strings) looks right. But heck, even if the photos are legit, it can be a scam auction. (I agree, though, that the control cavity woodwork looks suspicious.)

 

[markguitar]

Isn't that an R4 dressed up with an old harness to look vintage?

What's with the forstner bit drilling in the control cavity?

This same guitar with some of the same descriptive text was involved in a craigs list scam a couple of months ago:

tdpri thread on this guitar...

NO reissues have ever had a thin layer of mahogany still visable at the bottom of the control cavity under the bridge pickup pots. Maybe a scam with stolen pictures but the guitar appears to be real.

 

[Bar]

If it's too good to be true, it just isn't. :ganz

The same guitar (same pics) was 'sold' for $15,600 by 'voltar7' on March 21 in a 'private bidder' auction (scam, too).
There might be a thread about it.

It was also sold on May 27 by "emusicalinstruments". I personally talked to the person that won that auction. He confirmed it was a scam.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250432395252

The Trifecta hits again.

1) Too good to be true.
2) Bank to Bank Wire Transfer only, no Paypal.
3) User ID kept private.

The guitar is real. The auction is one, in a long line of fakes selling this same guitar over and over.

 

[SuperReal]

Thanks to the LPF members who provided info on this scam. This auction really didn't smell right!

I'm wondering what happens when a "virtual" guitar like this is sold to some unfortunate person on Ebay. Does Ebay or anybody else make an attempt to prosecute? How does the seller get all that positive feedback, or does the scammer have some way of appropriating somebody else's Ebay identity?

( I realize I may be straying into "Baywatch" territory here, but I'm curious)

 

[Bar]

With the sellers history & feedback I would think that his account was hi-jacked.

 

[Wannatone]

The other scammer's feedback unveils how they get their positives on hijacked accounts. They appear to use other hijacked accounts to create positive fb.

 

[Skipped]

This thread is simply astonishing.
As my E-bay use/experience is almost zero I am struggling to draw conclusions other than this: The margins required by reputable guitar dealers are starting to look like a bargain.

 

[blackminicooper]

Scam, no doubt in my mind... If it's real, the person who bought it better fly over there to go get it. Wonder where "Instruments, United States" is?????????????

 

[JIMI55LP]

I think the photos are of a real 1955 LP GT, but I do think its a scam.