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| I am basking in the pleasant happenstance of having come into possession of an Ovation Celebrity CC026-4 guitar, signed by Melissa Etheridge. I am definitely not looking to sell it, but as it came my way via a silent auction, I am not sure for what value I should insure it. My current best info is that the unsigned version would retail for $450. Friends have told me a wide range of prices, but I do not take them to be knowledgeable in the genre. Any insight would be of help. Again, I am not looking to part company with it, but would like to have the peace of mind of having it properly insured. Thanks for any insight. 15Nov03 | |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Interesting question.... Autographs generally don't increase the value of a guitar much, if at all. One way to evaluate your guitar is to get a sense of the value of the guitar, itself, and then see what M.E. autographed pictures are selling for and add them together. ;)
There are always exceptions to the above rule of thumb. A Vox Phantom autographed by Brian Jones is likely to fetch a fair penny. (It dates me that I can remember seeing him play one when the Stones had one of their first American TV appearaances.) | |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Be VERY careful of autographs. I have seen MANY fakes on eBay and elsewhere. This I think my comment is significant is I'm not an autograph hound as such. Over the years, I have gotten signatures of artists whom I met. Within that VERY small list I have seen fakes, and most of these artists were never super super stars. So what I'm saying is if I can spot a fake, there must be Gazillions of them out there. Beware. | |
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How to insure?