In a recent post to this blog, I mentioned that things show up at our store in waves. It happened again. Last week a customer came into the store with a guitar and while she was here, another showed up at the same time! What a coincidence.

One of these two guitars was purchased at a garage sale a few years ago for $50. The buyer put about $50 in parts into it, played it, and decided to sell it.

Once we checked in the guitar, we took over and started doing what we do to get the best value. We were able to date the guitar as a 1967 Gibson. But we needed more information to make sure we had the right model. We contacted Gibson directly and worked with them to determine that it was a 1967 Gibson Melody Maker D in the Pelham Blue finish. As usual, we took lots of fantastic pictures, described it well, and did our research to make sure we had the right day and category. After launching the auction, we answered bidder’s questions and ended up having one of the most highly watched items on eBay during that week.

All that legwork equalled another successful sale and the guitar is now on it’s way to the United Kingdom.

Got a guitar that you’re thinking of selling and want to make sure it’s done right? Bring it in and we’ll be glad to help you.

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