merseybeat1963 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 What a ridiculous asking price, I'd say used no more than 1/3 that. There was a Blonde Maple Vine posted on ebay for a year which was between $6500-7300..by dealer (The earlier more ornate one) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-Ren-Ferguson-Master-Museum-J-200-SJ-200-Vine-Custom-Acoustic-Guitar-/181146766505?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a2d304ca9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 It's worth whatever anyone will pay for it at any point in time. There's a sucker born every minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 What a ridiculous asking price, I'd say used no more than 1/3 that. There was a Blonde Maple Vine posted on ebay for a year which was between $6500-7300..by dealer (The earlier more ornate one) Those two guitars aren't in any way comparable. The Master Museum models were basically hand-built by Ren in the Art Shop. All the fancy carving, from the neck heel to the pick guard, was done by Ren using hand tools. The inlay pattern is unique to that specific guitar. He built and voiced the top. The original list would have been $50K. The Vine was a regular production model, built on the line except for the inlay, and the original list would have been less than 25% of that of the Master Museum model. These highly collectible one-offs do not depreciate in the same way that production models do, and Ren's retirement certainly didn't hurt prices. So the asking price looks perfectly reasonable to me (although the selling it on eBay bit is a little odd). -- Bob R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Those two guitars aren't in any way comparable. The Master Museum models were basically hand-built by Ren in the Art Shop. All the fancy carving, from the neck heel to the pick guard, was done by Ren using hand tools. The inlay pattern is unique to that specific guitar. He built and voiced the top. The original list would have been $50K. The Vine was a regular production model, built on the line except for the inlay, and the original list would have been less than 25% of that of the Master Museum model. These highly collectible one-offs do not depreciate in the same way that production models do, and Ren's retirement certainly didn't hurt prices. So the asking price looks perfectly reasonable to me (although the selling it on eBay bit is a little odd). -- Bob R This is pre Museum 1991..but still as made by Ren it is comparable? Not that Im in such a price range.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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