200k+ Goldtops

[ufboy73]

Goldtops are going for 200k these days???

I’ve long harbored the aspiration of getting a golden age LP - and always figured it would need to be a goldtop to be in the realm of possibility…but i always thought 100-125k!

1957 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop

An incredibly clean, 100% Stock 1957 "Dark Back" Les Paul Standard. This LP is a collector or investor's dream piece as it is in fantastic shape displaying minor buckle wear and a few dings throughout, with the only modification being discretely filled holes and some remaining finish touch-up...

emeraldcityguitars.com

 

[sws1]

100k was awhile ago. Thet train has sailed.

But 200k for non-mint guitar with a repaired finish does seem a bit crazy.

 

[delawaregold]

Goldtops are 200K+, because Bursts are nearly a half million.


It's not that the guitar is worth more,
it's your money is worth less.​

 

[S. Weiger]

PAF equipped Goldtops w/issues: 200K+ .... oUCH!

Wonder how much a 50's P90 Goldtop with ABR bridge is worth these days?

 

[Steve Craw]

I love that pic!

 

[Crusader]

Insane price! Are those people the buyers or the sellers?

 

[ufboy73]

100k was awhile ago. Thet train has sailed.

But 200k for non-mint guitar with a repaired finish does seem a bit crazy.

that's what i was thinking - there was a factory stop tail for 185k at Music Emporium not that long ago.....and i was thinking that was a bit high!

 

[boogieongtr]

Wonder how much a 50's P90 Goldtop with ABR bridge is worth these days?

Carter Vintage sold a 56 two months ago for over $90K. It belonged to a friend of mine.

 

[corpse]

That's Paige from Well Strung Guitars- I met her and her dad several years ago in Atl.

 

[jimmi]

Carter Vintage sold a 56 two months ago for over $90K. It belonged to a friend of mine.

That seems insane. Wonder if we are headed for a correction

 

[delawaregold]

The debt clock is at $36,355,510,000,000. And going up by a million every minute.
There's gonna be a correction alright.

 

[delawaregold]

Double Post...

 

[JazzMuzak]

That seems insane. Wonder if we are headed for a correction

I've thought for years that as the boomers died off we'd see a correction because there would be way less interest in these old guitars, but in recent years I've seen a lot of younger people buying them as investment vehicles so I'm less confident in my previous assessment. I was hoping they'd come down at some point so I could finally buy a vintage guitar without taking out a second mortgage!

 

[gary buff]

I paid $5000 for my '59 'burst in 1983 which at that time was all the money in (my) world. I was able to pay for it with a bank check but it left me with all of $8.00 in my savings account

 

[William Payne]

You guys are trying to put logic into perceived value. It is not that they are worth that much, it is that people are willing to spend that much to own them.

Everyone likes to use the saying "something is only worth what people are willing to pay". Well regarding collectable guitars people have been very willing to open their wallets to have these pieces of history.