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DUST OFF YOUR GUITARS A
It's time to sell today.
By Bryan Durbin
STAFF WRITER
The International Vintage Guitar Col
lectors Association will be coming to
Athens this week, buying all types of
guitars, musical instruments and any
thing valuable that is related to music
culture. Those that attend this event
will be able to speak with specialists
one-on-one and have their items evalu
ated. Offers will be made to those that
have items valuable to collectors, es
pecially pre-1970 guitars. Those that
do decide to sell their items will be
paid on the spot.
If you are like a lot of people, you
might have an old vintage guitar lying
around the house. If you have ever
wondered what it's worth, now is your
chance to find out and, if you choose,
sell it as well. Vintage guitars and oth
er musical items could be worth a
great deal, according to Eddie Stam-
baugh, vice president of the Interna
tional Vintage Guitar Collectors Asso-
VINTAGE-GUITAR
ASSOCIATION
Tuesday-Saturday
March 27th - 31st
!Tuesday-Friday: 9am-6pm
{Saturday: 9am~4pm
Holiday Inn Express
[ 513 West Broad Street
Athens, GA 30601
ciation (IVGCA). "Collectors are
willing to pay quite a lot of money for
items they want to add to thefr collec
tion. If they are rare enough, the right
vintage guitar could be worth over
$100,000," explains Stambaugh.
"One 1960 Gibson Les Paul went for
just that in July of 2007—$100,000
paid by an avid collector." While that
is an extreme example, many rare and
valuable guitars are stashed away in
attics, closets, basements and garages
all across the country. The IVGCA has
organized a traveling event in search
of all types of guitars, musical instru
ments and more. "Even common gui
tars can be worth a significant amount
due to high collector demands," says
Stambaugh. "Some of the most popu
lar brands, including Gibson, Fender,
Martin and Gretsch always bring big
premiums." . . -
While the IVGCA's specialty is gui
tars, they are also examining other in
struments and equipment, including
drum sets, banjos, flutes, clarinets, am
plifiers, pedals, microphones, etc. Any
autographed and musician-specific
items are also welcome. Stambaugh
concludes that "you never really know
what you have until you have your
items evaluated by a specialist, like
the ones we have here at IVGCA.
Whatever kind of instrument you may
have, bring it in to our show. Think
about it —you could walk away
$100,000 richer I"
So whether you have one instru
ment that might be valuable, or a
large collection you recently inherited,
you can talk to these specialists for
free. There is nothing to lose, the event
itself is always interesting, and you
might walk away with a couple thou
sand dollars in your pocket.
WHAT WE HUY
Vintage & New Guitars
Fender Gretsch
[ Gibson Guild
Martin PRS
> Epiphone National
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Stage Equipment & PA Gear
Vintage & New Amps
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3 Vintage Microphones ^
Foot Fedots .• •' v
Other Instruments
Flutes Trumpets
^ Clarinets Violins
Drum Sets Banjos
Saxophones
buying all types of
vintage
instruments