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Location: liverpool ,england | What's the going rate for these roughly ? Kind regards Gary |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I'm pretty sure the last one I saw sell went for $5000. I wouldn't sell mine for less than that. YMMV.
Great guitars!
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Location: liverpool ,england | I am based in the UK but would like to sell it but not many over here so thought I'd try here for a better response any other thoughts on resalable value? Kind regards slothead.. oh and thanks design zillion much appreciate it |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | HERE is a list of all of the 47RI's that Jerome knows about.
While searching around I have found 47RI's that sold for around $4500 way-back-when.
Understand that there will never be another one of these made.
Even if DW starts producing Adamii, it won't be the same.
Insurance value? (Let's play Antiques Roadshow) At least $10K. 
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I would think $5000 to $7000 would be in the ballpark |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If I had to sell all but three of mine, I think I'd keep the 47RI. Mine's #66 BTW. |
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Location: Colorado | Yours is nice mark...alotta tone |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | I sold mine for $4,500 USD five years ago. Was only trying to break even and give someone else the chance to own a slothead. My OFC I wideneck will not go cheaply.
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Location: Munich, Germany | I think you all are too optimistic. I'd love to sell mine, but I doubt I would get 4,500 Euros over here.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Kurt, we a trying to tell Slothead the VALUE of the guitar.
As far as the market goes...
I have paid way below reasonable price on a few guitars lately.
Also, this market is why I have not sold anything lately.
I keep listing stuff, but nobody wants to pay me what it is worth. 
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Location: Munich, Germany | <p>Yep, it's a shame, That's why all my guitars are still here - and I'd love to thin the herd. But as long as nobody's willing to pay reasonable, they all stay. Even if I don't play them, they are nice to look at. Best regards, Kurt</p>
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Location: liverpool ,england | Cheers guys must have appreciate you taking the time to reply. . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I thought we got off track, but you asked for the "going rate" in your first post and it appears that not many of them are going anywhere. |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | But there is the VALUE of the guitar and then there is what the current market is willing to bear. Is there a difference between these two?? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hell Yeah!
Okay... This can be a really philosophical vs. reality question.
I paid $267 for my GCS771-4C, including shipping and case.
I would say that the Value of that guitar is much more than the Current Market.
But remember... A guitar is only worth what the buyer is willing to pay and seller is willing to accept.
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | So current market (what a guitar will fetch now) and VALUE are two entirely separate entities?? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We keep changing the words. The title said "valuation", but the first post asked about the "going rate". Something can have value, but until there are comparable sales, there's no way to tell what the "going rate" is. Nothing is going. Same with market value. There has to be a market. If nobody is buying, there's no market, so no market value. Anything at the higher end is harder to value. Our house sold for much less than its value because the market was bad. Since slothead said he wants to sell it, the market value and going rate are the same. What would a reasonable buyer pay for it? Kurt may be right, but there really haven't been enough sales to tell. List it for $6K and see if you get any interest. |
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Location: Munich, Germany | I did not place it on ebay, but all other offers I got have not been more than 3000 Euros. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Standingovation - 2015-10-15 8:41 AM
I would think $5000 to $7000 would be in the ballpark
I did well then. Holy Grail found and bought!  |
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Location: Canada | Congrats Nancy ... will be some tough competition for the bearclaw. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The young man who posted the thread about researching Ovation history has at least one #47 RI. I forgot to ask him what numbers he had. They are truly awesome guitars. I hope all the 50th Anniversary guitars are at least close. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Thanks Guys!
I have wanted one of these since I first saw Tony's.... But the few I have seen come up for sale either came up when I didn't have the money, or were gone in under 3 minutes. Got paid for a horse, AND my Tax Refund yesterday... and this one was still there this morning. It seemed Divine Direction that it was supposed to be mine! Who am I to say No to the Big Man Upstairs??? And the Seller came down another $400, that was all the acknowledgment I needed that it was meant to be!
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Location: Jet City | Congrats! One of the very best for sure
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Location: Canada | With all this trading going on maybe Dave should update the listing of the exclusive A club, which may be a bit out of date: http://www.ovationgallery.com/collectors/collector-ofc.htm#47 |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Damon67 - 2016-03-17 11:52 AM
Congrats! One of the very best for sure
Thank You Damon!!! 
My Holy Grail List is getting smaller and smaller - it is down to:
Your Wood Top UKII, and
Prototype #23 BearClaw
and that is about it! Those 2 will never happen, but it gives me something to wish for! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You have a Ute, Nancy? The guy with 2 #47RIs was wishing he had mine when he visited me last week. I don't buy the Holy Grail theory. It assumes there is one perfect guitar. I prefer Damon's theory that one more guitar is enough. I like to rationalize that I at least need guitars with different fret widths, fretboard radiuses, string types and number to play the songs I do, plus a bunch of different variations of electric guitars. My wife thought this sounded reasonable when I first told her I would limit my purchases to different models of Ovations. After I had about a dozen she found out there were probably a hundred left. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | "My wife thought this sounded reasonable when I first told her I would limit my purchases to different models of Ovations. After I had about a dozen she found out there were probably a hundred left."
LOL!!!!!!!!! Your wife must be a Saint, or at least have a Wonderful sense of Humor!
No Ute, at least not yet! Give me a bit more time! LOL!!!!
My take on the 'Holy Grail' is a wee bit different than yours, to me it doesn't represent the Most Perfect, but the Quest for the most Unobtainable. Something that touches something deep inside of you, and you want or need to find it, and hold it because it is that beautiful, and that rare.
Only problem with my Holy Grails, are once I have crossed one off the list, I am onto the hunt for the next one. LOL!!! It is a Quest, if you will. I don't really believe there is one, 'Perfect guitar', as each person has their own qualifications for what would be "Perfect". And to be really honest, I already have what I consider the "Perfect" guitar (for me), and that is my 1976 Custom Legend 1619-4. All of the others could be replaced (at great expense, I know...) but that 1976 CL could not be replaced, and the action and sound from it are irreplaceable to me. So definitely Not Perfect by normal standards, or compared to other more expensive pieces, but Perfect to me!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My dream guitar would be an original slothead, so I compensated with the OFC 1 and #47RI. I don't know if it would fit my definition of the Holy Grail if that meant replacing the OFC and #47. I probably won't have to make that decision.
If you could be a saint without having a sense of humor, yes my wife is a saint. I think she gets a perverse enjoyment out of "complaining" to our friends about my Ovation obsession and I enjoy pointing out to her that there are many that share my obsession or are "worse" than me. I used to have a lot more bad examples than I've found recently. I don't know if I could say she tolerates it as much as she tries to ignore it. Last night she told me our daughter was going to the Tulip Festival "someplace near Seattle". I said it was in Mt. Vernon and that I've been there. She asked how I knew that and I reminded her Miles lives there. After the blank stare, I said "Mr. Ovation." After another "what the hell are you talking about" I explained that Miles was one of the founders of the OFC and had an Ovation Gathering in Mt. Vernon a few years ago. I learned about the Tulip Festival from that trip. This is, after all, an educational forum.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Mark in Boise - 2016-03-17 6:45 PM
... This is, after all, an educational forum.
LMAO!!!!!!!! You crack me up so bad Mark!!!! Fantastic!!!! LOL!!!!! |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | TAFKAR - 2016-03-17 8:44 PM
Educational - for sure, I've learned a lot. But there's some bad influences here, I had one Ovation when I joined.
+1 (come to think of it, I only had one too!!) |
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Location: Utah | I got my first Ovation from someone on this forum! My daughter had an Applause 3/4 size guitar as her first, and then I bought her a 1778T Red Flame when she was about 14. We walked into the acoustic room at Guitar Center and as soon as she saw it on the wall she declared that was the one she wanted! I was thrilled, as I had always wanted an Ovation from when I was her age. That got me interested in getting back into playing when she got the Red Flame, which led me here, which led me to the beautiful 6778LX-VN (looked very much like the '07 Collectors), which I recently sold to Alison. Being here I then bought a new '07C, then the Ute for Sara's high school graduation. Then a Hamer, Patriot, 1537, 2080, Viper, and Breadwinner.
Soon to add the Bearclaw anniversary Adamas. Several pictures from the factory show racks of the Anniversary guitars in process, so it won't be long.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nancy - 2016-03-17 6:52 PM
TAFKAR - 2016-03-17 8:44 PM
Educational - for sure, I've learned a lot. But there's some bad influences here, I had one Ovation when I joined.
+1 (come to think of it, I only had one too!! )
I was buying a Korean 4861 Balladeer and wanted to know about strings and such. 
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | FlySig - 2016-03-18 1:50 PM
Soon to add the Bearclaw anniversary Adamas. Several pictures from the factory show racks of the Anniversary guitars in process, so it won't be long.
YES FlySig!!!!! Another BearClaw to the Clan!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | elginacres - 2016-03-26 8:01 PM Mark...your RI plays very very well. I am going to assume that the 47RI in question used to be mine......and yes, it played and sounded great. I really hated to sell that one but at the time I had another 47RI (which I also sold but I can't remember where it went). Having the twin longnecks and original wideneck slothead formerly purchased by Linda McCartney for Wings tends to make you a bit jaded when it comes to owning so many incredible guitars and it feels good to let them go to those that still need the thrill of one of the finest guitars Ovation ever made.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm glad you felt the urge to sell it Stephen. I got in big trouble for showing up really late at Keystone after visiting you and the Professor and she didn't even know I'd brought back the guitar. I don't know when I'd ever have another opportunity to get such a masterpiece. |
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valuation on my 47 ri