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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 570688, member: 55"]Generally true; but there are also quite a number of businesses who purchase inexpensive guitars and have them signed en masse by various people for resale, purely as a profit enterprise; such as the ones sold on amazon, or any number of websites. Many may be honest, but there are also some that are total scams. And even if honest, as mentioned by Shwikman, a $50 guitar with a signature that would be worth $2 alone, is likely now worth $52.</p><p>I'd say this is far more common than having celebrities sign guitars for charity.</p><p>(I did happen to see two mandolins offered by Mandolin Brothers; 1920's Lloyd Loar Gibsons. One had Bill Monroe's signature, with provenance; the second was identical but no signature. Prices: $225,000 for the unsigned one, $250,000 for the signed one; so the sellers estimate was that the signature added $25,000 to the value. I've jammed with Bill Monroe - we played "Blue Moon of Kentucky," in 1993, Wintergrass Music Festival. A lot of people there had him sign their mandolins, but I didn't....perhaps I should have.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 570688, member: 55"]Generally true; but there are also quite a number of businesses who purchase inexpensive guitars and have them signed en masse by various people for resale, purely as a profit enterprise; such as the ones sold on amazon, or any number of websites. Many may be honest, but there are also some that are total scams. And even if honest, as mentioned by Shwikman, a $50 guitar with a signature that would be worth $2 alone, is likely now worth $52. I'd say this is far more common than having celebrities sign guitars for charity. (I did happen to see two mandolins offered by Mandolin Brothers; 1920's Lloyd Loar Gibsons. One had Bill Monroe's signature, with provenance; the second was identical but no signature. Prices: $225,000 for the unsigned one, $250,000 for the signed one; so the sellers estimate was that the signature added $25,000 to the value. I've jammed with Bill Monroe - we played "Blue Moon of Kentucky," in 1993, Wintergrass Music Festival. A lot of people there had him sign their mandolins, but I didn't....perhaps I should have.)[/QUOTE]
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