30's Kalamzoo KM11 goes for $7500 at Les Paul Auction

**Charlieshafer** · Jun-09-2012, 6:41pm

OK, clearly the prices reached at this auction are showing a "Les" premium, and bear no resemblance to the really low estimates, but I thought this price was very interesting. The Kalamazoo, albeit messed with by Les himself who added a pickup, going for that, with an 87 F5L master going for $2750, and a 70's F12 at $1600, and a 54 F12 at $3750.

Microphones I was hoping would go cheap quickly went over my head. So far, all I could afford was his bathrobe, which is a little creepy.

**Bill Snyder** · Jun-09-2012, 8:23pm

Well at least it is probably a one size fits all.

**mandroid** · Jun-11-2012, 1:39pm

DNA extraction & Cloning opportunity?
maybe some of the skin cells from Les's fingers are still under the strings
and on the fingerboard.

**Charlieshafer** · Jun-12-2012, 5:35pm

Originally Posted by mandroid

DNA extraction & Cloning opportunity?
maybe some of the skin cells from Les's fingers are still under the strings
and on the fingerboard.

That's what I'm thinking.

**pfox14** · Jun-13-2012, 10:10am

Who would want to clone Les Paul?

**brunello97** · Jun-13-2012, 1:13pm

Originally Posted by pfox14

Who would want to clone Les Paul?

Mary Ford?

**Bill Snyder** · Jun-13-2012, 10:16pm

Someone would need to clone her first. She died in 1977.

**brunello97** · Jun-14-2012, 8:53am

Originally Posted by Bill Snyder

Someone would need to clone her first. She died in 1977.

Check. Fueron juntos con Dios.

Mick

**f5loar** · Jun-16-2012, 12:01pm

The .87 F5L went for a really low price considering it was his. The '54 F12 went a little high but it was his. Not sure why he even owned a 70's F12 unless he thought he could improve on it.