Hello, I'm new to the page and proud to be part of the "Epiphone by Gibson" club :-)
My first "real" guitar was a Sheraton, which I bought in 1987, after seeing it in a shop window for months. I had to work the whole summer to be able to buy it. I was 21 years old. I paid 14.500,- Belgian Francs for it, which is about 363 Euro in today's money.
Before I was playing cheap crappy guitars, so the Sheraton was a treasured posession for years.
Then, in 2009, I went to the US and I bought a beautiful Gretsch Tennessee Rose. It was a real heavy investment, and I decided to sell the Sheraton.
I got good money for it (400 Euro), more than I paid for it at that time.
But then I started missing it, regretting my decision.
Last year, I was lucky to be able to buy one again (number 881008312) from a first owner who sold it to buy a 12-string.
It felt like coming home. There was the sound and feel again.
I shall never sell this one again !