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Old 10-29-2009, 12:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

Hello everyone,

I've never used this forum before but i've been trying to find a relative value for my grandfathers Gibson. He bought the guitar in 1969 for $100 in northern South Dakota. He played it some but then it was in his closet til he let me play on it when I was in highschool in 2000-2004. When I first had it appraised, the dealer told me $4k. and my grandpa was ecstatic! I've had other estimates up to $50k!!!

I know it's not worth 50,000 but i'm really trying to find the real value so we can sell it. He is old and I don't play it and he would like to let somebody appreciate it.

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It has original PAF's and i had new strings put on it.

Next question is: How do i go about selling it? i don't want to sell it to a dealer so they can get their profit so i would like to go straight to a collector but don't know how.

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!

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Old 10-29-2009, 12:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 10-29-2009, 12:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

What an awesome guitar! The market is kind of rough for vintage SGs right now so I might wait for a while before I would sell it. This site has a couple of guitars posted that might help you in getting an idea. They have a 1961 SG on page 2 that looks a lot like yours going for 20k.

GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM (1961) - Elderly Instruments

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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

I would think there are a hand full of companies that will give you an appraisal in writing. I've never used them but try these guys: Vintage guitar appraisal - Antique and Collectable guitar appraisers - Rock N Roll Vintage

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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

If it were mine I'd keep it. And learn how to play.

In fact, I'm doing just that now. I'll pass it from Grandpa to one of the Granddaughters one day.
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Definitely a keeper! Very nice.
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

1961 SG Special ( if this is what this is ) books at 9K retail
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Old 11-04-2009, 04:34 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

In today's market you are probably looking in the $10K area, plus or minus.

Here's a recent eBay ad for one;
Gibson 1961 sg - eBay (item 190341008117 end time Oct-20-09 19:11:19 PDT)

Up close it looks like your's has been knocked around some [so you'll likely take a hit on that] but it at least there haven't been any neck or headstock repairs as many often have.

You can always try an auction with a reserve price. But you'll need to unscrew the pickups and take some good photos of their covers and particularly their bottoms. Be careful to not accidently scrape the "patent applied for" label. If the covers look like they have never been unsoldered then you should leave them untouched. If your grandfather got it in '69 then it's extremely unlikely that they were ever tampered with. But a buyer will need some good photos of those pickups; also show inside the control cavity under the rear plate.

Take some good photos of the neck and frets. I think the standard SG also [along with the Custom] had 'Fretless Wonder' frets. Hopefully they are not too worn because they are extremely low to start with.

The better you show these things the more likely someone will buy.
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In today's market you are probably looking in the $10K area, plus or minus.
Try again Junior (if in fact you ARE young).

My Uncle's '61 SG (in WAYYY worse condition than that!) was recently appraised [by George Gruhn] for $17,500-$25,000. The worst part is, he ONLY paid $1,200 for it...in 2007! (LONG story).
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Try again Junior (if in fact you ARE young).

My Uncle's '61 SG (in WAYYY worse condition than that!) was recently appraised [by George Gruhn] for $17,500-$25,000. The worst part is, he ONLY paid $1,200 for it...in 2007! (LONG story).
No way. The only Les Paul SG that might bring that anywhere near that kind of price is a MINT '61 SG Custom.

If you had clicked on the ebay link I listed in my post, you will see a '61 SG that didn't sell for $9,000.]
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-1961-sg_W...mZ190341008117
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

I'd say 12k-15k not in the 20k price range though.
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

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1961 SG Special ( if this is what this is ) books at 9K retail
Thats an SG Standard, I have a 61 SG Special... they came with P90's only.
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Re: Value of this 1961 Les Paul SG?

I just sold one of these 61 SG Standards last month to a forum member. I won't say the specific price but I will say that LPSGME's estimate of $10K sounds right to me (give or take) if the guitar doesn't have any neck or headstock repairs. The one I sold had a solid (but not pretty) neck repair and I took a price hit because of that. Otherwise it did have the original PAFs, case, etc. PM or email me offline if you want anymore info. Here's a couple of pics for comparison:



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