Guitar/bass valuations - any recommendations?

[AinsleyWalker]

I have a friend who is looking to part ways with a signed guitar, but isn't too sure how to accurately value/authenticate the signatures. 
Guitar is in great condition, never played seriously. Doesn't come with a certificate, but it was won in a competition at the band's own gig and comes with other merch including a 7" vinyl. 

 

Any suggestions? Anything is appreciated at this stage.  

Can give more info privately.

Edited 6 hours ago by AinsleyWalker

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Not sure tbh . However if it was someone who is deceased or very rarely signs anything , then the value would be a lot higher . Maybe check the bands fan clubs and see what gives 🤔
 

[Burns-bass]

Gardiner Houlgate.

 

Signed items are notoriously hard to value and sell. Better leave the market to decide. 
 

Unless it’s the Rolf Harris signed Stylophone I saw for sale on Facebook. That’s not worth much at all.

[AinsleyWalker]

33 minutes ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

Not sure tbh . However if it was someone who is deceased or very rarely signs anything , then the value would be a lot higher . Maybe check the bands fan clubs and see what gives 🤔
 

 

One of the members is actually deceased, it's signed by all of Avenged Sevenfold before drummer 'the Rev' died. I think my friend looked into similar items and got a rough price in mind, but wants to be a bit more sure. 

 

17 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Gardiner Houlgate.

 

Signed items are notoriously hard to value and sell. Better leave the market to decide. 
 

Unless it’s the Rolf Harris signed Stylophone I saw for sale on Facebook. That’s not worth much at all.

 

That's fair enough, and thanks for the rec. 👍

Edited 4 hours ago by AinsleyWalker

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

31 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Gardiner Houlgate.

 

Signed items are notoriously hard to value and sell. Better leave the market to decide. 
 

Unless it’s the Rolf Harris signed Stylophone I saw for sale on Facebook. That’s not worth much at all.

A friend of mine who I used to work with, queued up late at night for  an album signing by ….lost prophets!

I felt sorry for him 🙂

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

43 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Unless it’s the Rolf Harris signed Stylophone I saw for sale on Facebook. That’s not worth much at all.

 

I have a Rolf signed stylophone in a cupboard somewhere. He even drew a rolfaroo on it.

[tauzero]

2 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

Gardiner Houlgate.

 

Signed items are notoriously hard to value and sell. Better leave the market to decide. 
 

Unless it’s the Rolf Harris signed Stylophone I saw for sale on Facebook. That’s not worth much at all.

 

Although with Gardiner Houlgate, the buyer's fee and seller's fee total around 50% so the seller gets about 50% of what the seller pays (about 75% of the hammer price).

[AinsleyWalker]

17 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Although with Gardiner Houlgate, the buyer's fee and seller's fee total around 50% so the seller gets about 50% of what the seller pays (about 75% of the hammer price).

 

Yeah I'm not entirely sure that's the route we would go down, it might be worth a grand or two but probably not enough to warrant auction. Appreciate the info 👍

[Burns-bass]

1 hour ago, tauzero said:

 

Although with Gardiner Houlgate, the buyer's fee and seller's fee total around 50% so the seller gets about 50% of what the seller pays (about 75% of the hammer price).

Thats auctions for you. To be fair they market things well and do a good job of de-stressing the whole process. 
 

You could always get more in a private sale, of course, but you need to sell it.