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This should be an interesting test for the current market price of a '50s SC Special

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I'll be watching this one out of pure curiosity.

I find it is pretty rare to see a true auction for one of these go down, as opposed to asking prices and buy-it-now type offerings.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361253478810?redirect=mobile

My guess is it won't go anywhere close to what some people might think. But it should be interesting to see where it ends up...
 
Progear

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It seems to me that the seller is Jim's Guitar .. Can anyone verify ?
 
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TW59 said:
It would be illegal to ship to Germany.
Are the laws different in the Netherlands? :hmm
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The laws are different in the Netherlands but this is an EU law so neither Germany or the Netherlands have anything to say about it...
 
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Progear said:
It seems to me that the seller is Jim's Guitar .. Can anyone verify ?
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If it is Jim's Guitar, I have a foggy recollection of watching a "no reserve" auction they had for an ES-335 or ES-345 that had a very low final selling price . . . and then was back up on eBay for sale again the next week, with a higher starting bid. I suspected they bid at the end if they didn't like where the price was.
 
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Banker said:
Not necessarily true, it just needs the right paperwork.
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According to the German dealers and lawyers I have talked to, the only way it can get the paperwork is if you have proof it was in the EU before 1992. :ganz
 
britbender

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You would think that a serial nr. or such pre -96 wouls be enough, but ...no dice
For all i care they can ban it completely in new builds, PRS ect
 
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Didn't the US sign the CITES agreement? i guess so, since Gibson was busted.

That states that any 'commercial activity' with species listed on the A-list is forbidden if manufactured 1947-1992 without a certificate
After 1992 you can't get the certificate, those will be illegal anyway.

In Sweden you can get the certificate rather easy just by photographing the guitar and provide serial number info, proof of purchase
or anything that will place it as being made before 1992.

Or did i misunderstand all of this?
 
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chinbb

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I am not in the market for one of these asI am mostly a Junior kinda guy...but how do you guys think the listing did? good, bad, inline with expectation?
 
kharrison

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Wow, how times have changes. Less than 8k for a Special. I won't even tell you what I paid at the height in 2007 but ended up selling it to GC for 16k a year later.
 
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"Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed."
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This is what i get when i try to follow the link on Ebay :pisd !
I can't even see the guitar !
 
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