Sigmania said:
Very cool top, but wild price for an LS60 ($2,250)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225179557182
one thing I have noticed with unique and/or exceptional vintage MIJ examples are the asking and selling price points, which have generally been rising over the past several years.
The example you posted the eBay link for is certainly considered vintage and the top is very unique.
I don't see the asking price point as being wild but that's just one opinion based on what I mentioned in the first sentence of my post.
As time goes forward I expect the unique and exceptional examples will continue to have asking and selling price points that continue higher.
I have considered offering the '81 LS-60 I have that is in excellent & 100% original condition and that has the exceptionally figured and flamed solid top that looks like it belongs on a LS-200.
I can only imagine what an example like it could bring for a selling price point.
I know a general ballpark of what I would be asking for it if I ever offered it; it would be a lot more than the one in the eBay link and I'm very confident there would be a buyer for it at that price point. :wink:
Supply and demand is always key and in the case of vintage MIJ examples the unique and exceptional examples keep getting harder and harder to locate, thus prices keep rising. I don't see any real end to that scenario.