Huge guitar auction in UK (Pete Overend Watts)

[kimson]

Over 500 items, most of them guitars. Dozens and dozens of oddball vintage guitars. Also '63 Jag, '66 refin Duo-Sonic, Pawn Shop Mustang.

https://bid.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/m/vi ... 121?page=1

[countertext]

Dang, there’s a TON of cool guitars in that auction. Estimates are low on a lot of them, too.

[Jaguar018]

Jeez. SO MANY GUITARS. I wonder how well maintained and set up they are? I mean, that guy played in an accomplished band and all that, but with so many I suspect there hasn't been a guitar-tech lovingly looking after each one like it's a museum piece.

[lizardville]

In his classic autobiography "Diary of a Rock `n' Roll Star" , Ian Hunter tell stories about guitar hunting in USA back in the early 70´s. amd the stupid prices they paid.
I wonder if some of these guitars are mentioned there... maybe I should re-read it.

[Sauerkraut]

Wow... the price estimates are way off on a lot of those.

like this one
or this one
I suppose they'll end up going for a lot more than that

I'd definitely go if I lived anywhere near there though

was this made before or after the Eastwood signature EEG?

[mgeek]

They do these auctions quarterly I think...I bid online and won something in the last one, in December. Got it for the lower end of the estimate, which was nice

Noticed that a cool Maton solid went for not much in the same one

[mgeek]

I suppose they'll end up going for a lot more than that

Pretty sure that's a Silver Series from the early nineties, rather than 80s as listed- I had one just like it when I was a teenager...a few came in surf green at first, and the earliest ones didn't have a 'silver series' logo on the headstock

[eggwheat]

Only the first 70 guitars are Pete's.

I go to this auction occasionally...always best to go there and inspect everything. And remember you pay 27% on top of the hammer price..plus they don't ship. You have to pick it up. I find you end up with stuff you didn't plan to buy!..And all the stuff you did want goes for way higher than you expected.

[s_mcsleazy]

there is honestly a lot of stuff here i'd rock. however this one bothers me

https://bid.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/m/lo ... 3Fpage%3D4
i dont think it's that old. if i can remember rightly these were from around 2013?

[countertext]

Yeah, that’s newish. Somebody misremembered or misinterpreted a serial number dater.

[metthew_richardson]

Quite eclectic...

I feel that a lot of the vintage pieces there have the potential to go for a lot more than the estimates. There's so much here, though. Some people will walk out with bargains.

Is it not a bit odd to see that Squier Bullet and a few other very (very) low-end, non-vintage guitars in there...?

[simonhpieman]

A lot of those Mott the Hoople guitars look like they were stored in an attic or shed. Poor things.

As for 27% on top of the hammer price... TWENTY SEVEN?!?!

The rival guitar auction service that's just starting up charges a lot less than that on the hammer price.

[mgeek]

I go to this auction occasionally...always best to go there and inspect everything. And remember you pay 27% on top of the hammer price..plus they don't ship. You have to pick it up. I find you end up with stuff you didn't plan to buy!..And all the stuff you did want goes for way higher than you expected.

Haha my experience is literally the opposite of this...I ended up with *exactly* what I wanted to buy, without having seen it in person, and got it shipped to me via the couriers they recommend on their site. All in I think I paid 240 when the hammer price was 150...a price I was happy to pay.

[marqueemoon]

I dig the pink Wandre.

[dc]

surprised Lot 132 hasn't elicited any comment here. a bit rich for my blood but a unique piece for the right collector -