Is this really worth this much?

[clarkpegasus4001]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-WATKINS-DOMINATOR-VINTAGE-TUBE-GUITAR-AMP-VOX-VALVE-AMPLIFIER-MARSHALL-WEM?item=150777672398&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D12%26pmod%3D300686324119%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7303393568303523861

I could have picked one up in the early 1990's for about £170.00 ! I had an extremely rare one of these on black and biscuit covering which i eventually sold for £500 to a guy in Holland because few folk believed it had it's original tolex covering.......but it WAS completely original.

[Gust0o]

Well, it's not selling and they're busy declining offers, so perhaps it's [i]not [/i]worth that much?

[Mr. Foxen]

If it hasn't sold, it isn't worth that much... yet. But if you have to buy one, maybe that is the best price you can get one for.

[clarkpegasus4001]

Well it's had two offers yet there's another on Ebay UK with a buy it now for £1,195 and not sold. Here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Watkins-Dominator-Vintage-/350549197693?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item519e5c437d
I guess my point is that there's a hell of a lot of valve amps out there, this is very old, low powered (17watts), are they really worth that much money? maybe they are then?

[Mr. Foxen]

Low powered is a bonus for the purposes of the sort of people who spend lots of money on old guitar amps. It is nostalgia to an extent. Guitar equipment is 90% mojo and 11% snake oil, because you have to have 1% more for the tone.