animalfarm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 FINALLY caught re-run, fella in "Feedback Booth" held up a RED guitar, said - "I bought this Epiphone Century and an amp in a yard sale for $10.00... Appraiser says it's worth $1,000!!!" Had NEVER heard of the CENTURY before, but here's what he had, didn't say WHEN it was manufactured... my initial checking shows git did exist in 1961, possibly before. Who knows anything about this model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I love the difference between the English show and the American one, we get 1600 year old saxon rings and £100,000 18th century german meat plates and you lot get 40 year old Epiphones http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1366304/Anglo-Saxon-ring-worth-10000-found-in-garden.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249356/Antiques-Roadshow-values-plate-100-000.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I love the difference between the English show and the American one' date=' we get 1600 year old saxon rings and £100,000 18th century german meat plates and you lot get 40 year old Epiphones [biggrin'] I believe there was a Viking helmet found by the owner in the eaves of their farmhouse about ten years ago - value estimated at $450,000. At the time it was the single most vaulable item ever brought to the AMERICAN Antiques Roadshow. Then there's this: [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTldLunUV7c&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Thatsa NICE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 FINALLY caught re-run' date=' fella in "Feedback Booth"held up a RED guitar, said - "I bought this Epiphone Century and an amp in a yard sale for $10.00... Appraiser says it's worth $1,000!!!" Had NEVER heard of the CENTURY before, but here's what he had, didn't say WHEN it was manufactured... my initial checking shows git did exist in 1961, possibly before. Who knows anything about this model? [img']http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt26/Animalfarm1984/TN_PICT8660.jpg[/img] Hard to tell from the picture quality of the headstock, but Gibson did make the Century in Kalamazoo in the 60s and that looks like p-90. The original electrified Century by Epiphone NYC was introduced in 1939 and was made until Epiphone sold out to Gibson in 1957. They had a laminate maple arched top and laminate mahogany sides and back. Single dot position markers and truss rod. The headstock had the familiar white brass plate. Top was finished in sunburst and the rest in walnut brown. It had the same master pickup as the Zephyr, plain tone and volume. The Epiphone "E" appeared on the pickguard in 1949. By 1950 the Century had the tone spectrum pickup without pole pieces and later on some models had a deArmond p_up. Back in the (early) 50s, the Century sold for around $110 compared to a Zephyr blonde at $165 or a regular finish at $130. Being a vintage made Epiphone by Gibson..I guess to a collector it would be worth somewheres around that appraised value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 one of these has been reposted and reposted on boston CL for $1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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