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Provenance isn't just about who has previously owned a bass; I'd probably be more likely to pay more for a bass if it came with original receipt, tags & all the serial numbers/year codes in the correct places than I would for a bass that had none of that stuff, especially for brands that people have been known to fake/bolt random bits together.
But would I pay more for a celebrity owned/played bass? Absolutely not.
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Same thing here. Seeing a too-good-to-be-true deal I often suspect it might be stolen.