And You thought you had lots of Guitars!

[joemcg]

I came across this link a few days ago while researching something entirely different:
Les Paul Estate Auction
Yes he was of course the father of the electric guitar, but this is over the top. Also check out the prices these sold for in the auction results.

[aknow]

Originally Posted by joemcg

I came across this link a few days ago while researching something entirely different:
Les Paul Estate Auction
Yes he was of course the father of the electric guitar, but this is over the top. Also check out the prices these sold for in the auction results.

Those prices are way over the top, especially some common basses. I'll bet he never touched 90% of those instruments. His survivors must be thrilled.

[Dru Edwards]

What a great pic of Les in that straw hat when he was younger. So all those guitars in that 410 page book are for sale? There are a lot of 2000 Les Paul Customs that say $1500-$2500 (p 22-23). That can't be the expected sale price.

[Rjlipton]

The catalog itself is a beautiful history of the electric guitar, amplifiers, and
recording equipment. It gives you a feeling for the great contributions and passions of the man.

[SongwriterFan]

Whew. I feel better now.

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=351385

[moondoggie999]

It's really cool they still have it posted. Its ironic that the highest price paid was for a 1951 Fender Nocaster signed by Leo Fender lol. All the sales went to Les Pauls foundation.

[Ed-in-Ohio]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

...So all those guitars in that 410 page book are for sale?

For auction, I'm sure.

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

There are a lot of 2000 Les Paul Customs that say $1500-$2500 (p 22-23). That can't be the expected sale price.

Those price ranges listed with the item are for the starting bid.

[Teleman52]

Originally Posted by Ed-in-Ohio

For auction, I'm sure.



Those price ranges listed with the item are for the starting bid.

I don't think so, how can you have a starting bid of 1500-2000? Maybe I'm wrong but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me

Also this auction happened quite awhile back. Everything has been sold

[The Growler]

Here is the fun part: That wasn't all of them. In his autobiography, it was mentioned that he had over 700 guitars. The auction unloaded a lot of them for the foundation, but selected ones went to the museum in Waukesha and an exhibit that is going into the Smithsonian.

[ewh2]

Originally Posted by joemcg

I came across this link a few days ago while researching something entirely different:
Les Paul Estate Auction
Yes he was of course the father of the electric guitar, but this is over the top. Also check out the prices these sold for in the auction results.

I imagine he would have got a lot of the guitars free.

Les Paul invented multi track recording too. That's possibly his important contribution to music (one of the most important inventions in music). Also invented the overdub too.

If anyone is given a free pass, it's Les Paul.

[ewh2]

Originally Posted by The Growler

Here is the fun part: That wasn't all of them. In his autobiography, it was mentioned that he had over 700 guitars. The auction unloaded a lot of them for the foundation, but selected ones went to the museum in Waukesha and an exhibit that is going into the Smithsonian.

Yeah, I had a look for one guitar I was looking for, Django's guitar which he owned. That wasn't in there, I imagine there are more guitars he owned!

[jumbomumbo]

Originally Posted by Teleman52

I don't think so, how can you have a starting bid of 1500-2000? Maybe I'm wrong but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me

Also this auction happened quite awhile back. Everything has been sold

It's called an projected opening reserve..... they knew that the open reserve bid would be in that range of lets say 1500-2000 when the catalog was made but would be firmed to the exact number for the starting reserve bidding by the day of bidding.

[Teleman52]

Originally Posted by jumbomumbo

It's called an projected opening reserve..... they knew that the open reserve bid would be in that range of lets say 1500-2000 when the catalog was made but would be firmed to the exact number for the starting reserve bidding by the day of bidding.

Ah ok, my bad