Re: vintage dealers: preservation of inst and price trends
Yeah, and my $450 'teens F-2, $300 1957 Martin D-18, $150 Gibson J-50 with a repaired top crack. Of course, I was making $6K a year, my apartment rented for $70/month, and my first new car, 1972 Dodge Dart, cost $2800.
I do think, however, that anyone who gets into the vintage instrument market looking for "investments," is taking a larger risk than perhaps he/she realizes. IMHO buy instruments you want to play; some will increase in value, others decline, but the satisfaction you get from owning and playing a good vintage instrument -- that's immune to market trends.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
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