Gary Moore guitar auction

by **BJG145** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:09 pm

I just noticed this coming up in December if any fans were looking for a souvenir...

https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/ente ... n-1760664/

https://bid.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/m/vi ... log/id/148

by **Wonks** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:46 pm

Most of the items are covered in this months Guitarist.

Nothing really that special as they are almost all 1990's-2000's items. But the lots' guide prices are very low, as seems to be the way with auctions these days.

by **The Bunk** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:22 pm

And Francis Rossi's getting in on the fun as well...

https://guitar.com/news/francis-rossis-tele-auction

No doubt a number of chord-based jokes will (re-)surface...

by **adrian_k** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:47 pm

What a mad world - a 1957 Tele would go for what £20k? An ex status quo one expected to get over £100k? Nuts.

by **Wonks** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:00 pm

Well, given the rarity of ex-Status Quo guitars with any real usage history behind them, it's bound to go for a reasonable sum. Of course the estimated price may well drop and go down, down, deeper and down.

by **The Bunk** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:00 pm

:bouncy: :bouncy:
Very good Wonks!

..."Going once, going twice.....etc....going 4,500 times"

by **Forum Admin** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:01 pm

Wonks wrote:Of course the estimated price may well drop and go down, down, deeper and down.

:clap: :clap: :clap:

by **Music Wolf** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:46 pm

adrian_k wrote:What a mad world - a 1957 Tele would go for what £20k? An ex status quo one expected to get over £100k? Nuts.

I understand what you're proposing but I'm sure that Rossi's is just a 57 body with pretty much everything else having been changed at sometime or another. It's also been re-finished in Ronseal. Still, if somebody wants to donate it to me then I ain't complaining.

by **Wonks** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:05 pm

What you're proposing is rather on the wild side of life.

by **Sam Spoons** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:07 pm

Music Wolf wrote:
adrian_k wrote:What a mad world - a 1957 Tele would go for what £20k? An ex status quo one expected to get over £100k? Nuts.

I understand what you're proposing but I'm sure that Rossi's is just a 57 body with pretty much everything else having been changed at sometime or another. It's also been re-finished in Ronseal. Still, if somebody wants to donate it to me then I ain't complaining.

You realise if you did get it it would self combust when you played the fourth chord on it.......

by **Dynamic Mike** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:37 am

Apparently Gary Moore's red ones have been sold, however...

... they've still got the blues :blush:

by **Sam Spoons** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:02 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap:

by **2pods** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:58 pm

I could be wrong, but I *think* this is the third auction of his gear.
Maybe just what's left ?

by **jaminem** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:16 pm

Gardiner Houlgate's guitar auctions are superb. But its not just guitars - they have pro audio there as well....We were recently treated to Roland Ollazabal's studio stuff, including his PPG wave 2.2 and his EMAX.

I've bought loads of stuff from there - its 20 mins down the road from me.

by **BJG145** » Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:16 pm

jaminem wrote:But its not just guitars

I noticed a couple of Gary's keyboards are included, like this Polysix. (As Wonks indicated, the estimates are disingenuously low.)

by **jaminem** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:32 am

BJG145 wrote:
jaminem wrote:But its not just guitars

I noticed a couple of Gary's keyboards are included, like this Polysix. (As Wonks indicated, the estimates are disingenuously low.)

I think "disingenuous" is pretty strong....

But I will concede that the Polysix looks like a pretty cheap estimate - they may not know what it is...

You need to bear in mind that you pay a buyers premium of 24% on top so estimates can on the surface appear low but once you factor this is in pricing is a little more in line with what you'd expect, but I've had some astonishingly good buys from this place.

an unused Beyerdynamic M88 for £45 rrp £240, estimated £40-60
A custom shop Yamaha BB2024x for £800 rrp over 2K estimated £800-1200
SWR Super Redhead for £210 (find one for under £500 used!) estimated £250-350

Even then, there's no accounting for what can happen if you get 2 parties interested.
I've seen a box of ordinary strat parts go for over £500 when estimated quite rightly @ £150-200, rough JV squiers estimated @ £400 go for over £600 to online bidders who probably didn't even play it (because I did and it was a dog!)

Its swings and roundabouts, fashions and internet hype that's driving a lot of the prices up, and an almost impossible task for the auction house to get every estimation to meet everyone's expectations...

by **FrankF** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:43 pm

Dynamic Mike wrote:Apparently Gary Moore's red ones have been sold, however...

... they've still got the blues :blush:

I've heard that some of his guitars are in very poor condition:
allegedly, he left them out in the fields...

by **2pods** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:43 pm

Gibson could run their digger over them (Like they did with the Firebird X's), turn them into rubble, and export them to France. Where they would become..........

Parisianne Walkways ...........

I thank you :bouncy: :headbang:

by **Agharta** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:27 pm

BJG145 wrote:
jaminem wrote:I noticed a couple of Gary's keyboards are included, like this Polysix. (As Wonks indicated, the estimates are disingenuously low.)

Reserve prices matter for obvious reasons but are estimated prices of any importance at all!

by **Wonks** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:35 pm

They should be if the integrity of the auction house means anything. At least they should match typical used values from sites like Reverb as the lowest estimated value, and not try to indicate that you'll get both a bargain and a piece of Gary Moore's kit if you put in a bid at the top of the guide price.

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