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So, who is going to bid first?

1930 Martin OM Deluxe



   

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

After you Arnt, after you

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Don Atwood
Arlington, VA

{searches in the couch for extra change] Where can I come up with a spare $3,750,000.00 (USD?) without the wife killing me and dumping the left over bits into the Potomac River?

Thanks for the tip Arnt. I've been looking for one of these for a long time, and although I knew they had this, I never expected them to part with it. I just bought it.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Cool, Don, post pics!

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Does anyone know where the Museum is located in SCruz? I live in SCruz and would love to see those guitars.

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

[QUOTE=Don Williams] Thanks for the tip Arnt. I've been looking for one of these for a long time, and although I knew they had this, I never ex[ected them to part with it. I just bought it.[/QUOTE]

Oh that's just great...I missed another one! Rats!

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Heck, I couldn't afford the listing fee. If it sells (hypothetically), the listing fee for E-bay would be over $100,000!

Don. You beat me to it. I was gonna buy it and flip it for a quick profit. But there's still the Stella for only $60K. Exactly almost kinda like the one Leadbelly played.

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Howard Klepper
http://www.klepperguitars.com

When all else fails, clean the shop.

[QUOTE=crowduck] Does anyone know where the Museum is located in SCruz? I live in SCruz and would love to see those guitars.

CrowDuck[/QUOTE]

Chris,

Their web site says "virtual museum" so you'll have to look for it in cyberspace. let us know what you find!

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now known around here as Pat Foster
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I bid $3,750,001.00   

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

I'm now executing a check for $4,000,000.00-I have money in my account if I have checks...right?

How much Brazillian was that Don?

Now I love guitars as much as the next nut but $4 million!?! Never.

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

If no one bids, it isn't worth $4mill. I'm not sure they are serious about selling. They may just be interrested in raising the awareness of their collection. Usually these sorts of things are handled by brokers who know who the likely collectors are and how much they are willing to pay. Or, they go through Christies or Southaby's If it does sell, then $4 mill is a good chunk of change and would probably help their museum out quite a bit.

[QUOTE=Howard Klepper] Darn, Don. You beat me to it. I was gonna buy it and flip it for a quick profit. But there's still the Stella for only $60K. Exactly almost kinda like the one Leadbelly played.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and Howard, there's that nice little Martin Uke too for $50K. That would take less effort to flip, 'cause it's smaller....

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Not to mention the sweet Fleta for only 80K. Sure, you can pick Fleta's up at Brune's, Trilogy, etc., for 35K or so, but why would you do that when you can get one for 80K?   

FWIW, I emailed the seller, and yes there is a 'virtual museum'....themomi.org. Their website says a 'physical location' is planned for 2002, but I don't find anything listed anywhere in SCruz. There is however a phone listing for the seller in the SCruz phone book. Having lived in this town now for near 30 years this kind of thing doesn't surprise me. SCruz has long been know for it's somewhat excentric residents.

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

I scrolled to the bottom of the page before I went to the top, and was gasping at the $600K for the Loar mandolin! You know, we love guitars, we build, want to build or repair guitars (Sam even DREAMS about guitars!), but no guitar is worth over 3.7 million dollars! I'm not sure why, but that price feels insulting.