Guitar Auction in NY by Guernsey’s on April 2 and April 3

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2014/03/10 00:15:34 (permalink)

Guitar Auction in NY by Guernsey’s on April 2 and April 3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/holy-grail-of-guitars-among-those-in-ny-auction/2014/03/07/a7e69796-a62b-11e3-b865-38b254d92063_story.html
 
Apparently, a Martin OM-45 Deluxe is worth a lot of money.
 
This is the guy putting some(?) of the guitars up for auction ...
http://www.hankrisan.com/collections.html
 

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    drewfx1
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    Re: Guitar Auction in NY by Guernsey’s on April 2 and April 3 2014/03/10 12:02:46 (permalink)
    It seems that Martin is worth a lot of money because very few were made (well, to be fair, any pre-war Martin in good shape is probably worth a lot of money - make that a whole lot of money by my standards ).
     
    Personally I've never been impressed by the argument that something becomes ridiculously valuable just because it's rare. I'd rather have a roomful of nice instruments I could actually (try to) play than just one "of only 14 ever made".
     
    Still, there's a lot of nice stuff there! I always especially like seeing harp guitars after being introduced to them by the works of (the sadly departed) Michael Hedges.

     In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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    Re: Guitar Auction in NY by Guernsey’s on April 2 and April 3 2014/03/10 13:14:33 (permalink)
    drewfx1
    Personally I've never been impressed by the argument that something becomes ridiculously valuable just because it's rare. 

     
    If that was the case, then Bapu must be priceless, ya? 
     

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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    Re: Guitar Auction in NY by Guernsey’s on April 2 and April 3 2014/03/10 14:10:41 (permalink)
    His perfection of mass producing posts may have diluted his value somewhat.

     In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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