How I see it

How I see it; I think I should not have looked.
 
I went to see what Les Paul Standards sell for on ebay's used market and I found out that after 64 bids this lovely little axe sold for $711:
 
Don't worry... this is not some worn out used guitar that needs repair... this sweet heart is "new".

 
 
Best of all this is one of those extra special guitars that slipped out of the factory with the name brand label installed upside down:

Even if your friends don't think your new guitar is all that special at least everyone will know it's very rare.
 
 
 
The best part, and I think the suave buyers will appreciate this, it came with a sweet HardShell Case worth $100 give or take.

 
Oh my.
 
 
:-)

That guitar is perfect for playing Blue Oyster Cult's I'm Burning For You.

drewfx1
That guitar frightens me.

Me too, makes me think of television series where coroners are involved.

I've always wanted a CES 400. I settled for those 2 Heritage 575s, but I have to admit the guitar in that photo looks real nice.
 
I have never felt like I can afford a CES 400, but it seems to me like there must be several million people on the planet that can buy one with their chump change.
 
I'd like a D'Angelico New Yorker too... but I've settled for dreaming about that one. :-)
 

What got me to have a custom guitar made was looking at a Gibson Neal Schon Signature guitar that cost even more than the CES 400 in your link ($9,000+).  What a waste...

ampfixer
Vintage Gibson archtops are very affordable. They are expensive but I've seen originals sell for the same price as reissues. If you have the money for a repro you really should look at the vintage market. The repro guitars seem to devalue like driving a new car off the lot.

I have a friend that owns a few guitar shows and he admonishes me with these very facts... to which I sincerely and humbly reply... I want to play the thing and many of the affordable vintage arch tops are a beast to play, have cracks, and have binding deterioration that would only appeal to a fellow that likes the guitar in the photos above.
 
Construction has come a long way on some vital things; truss rods for example.
 
 
The same guy sincerely thought I should buy a old Jazzmaster rather than a newer one. The numbers work out in favor of the old ones... if you are thinking about selling it rather than playing it. I explained that I'd feel lucky to get a good playing new one, let alone one that really did sleep under a bed for 50 years because it was never all that much fun to play. 
 
Don't get me wrong I love the old wood. I love the vibe. I even have a few old guitars... nothing expensive but stuff I can sell for 4x-6x what I paid for them.
 
Playing the old guitars led me to my current interest in having a variety of well built late model guitars that are still fresh and eager.
 
Just some ramblings.
 

spacey
Second link didn't take...fixed. $33,000.00  !!
 

Wow.  I only saw one for sale at $8,649 and thought that was bad enough!

 
List price $59,999.00
 
http://www.martinguitar.com/series/item/162-d-45-authentic-1942.html

 
I have a friend who invests in Walnut trees. He took an old worn out tobacco farm and created a forest of walnut trees as a long term investment.

drewfx1

mike_mccue
 
I have a friend who invests in Walnut trees. He took an old worn out tobacco farm and created a forest of walnut trees as a long term investment.

This one makes me smile. 

Yeah.  I like it too!