The Guitar Auction(#121218) 12/12/2018 11:00 AM GMT CLOSED Auction info Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-48 of 489. View Lot 1 Frank Allen (The Searchers)1960s Vox Stroller electric guitar, made in England, ser. no. 6xxx1; Finish: red, minor blemishes and various surface scratches; Fretboard: stained maple; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, replaced nut, small hairline split to guard coming away from the tone control; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£80 - £120Sold£130StatusCLOSED Lot 2 Frank Allen (The Searchers)Vintage Egmond archtop acoustic guitar, made in Holland, ser. no. 2xxxxx2; Finish: red/black burst, typical wear for age; Frets: good; Hardware: generally good, missing lower E and top E tuner ferrules; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£30 - £50Sold£80StatusCLOSED Lot 3 Frank Allen (The Searchers)1950s Wolfgang Huttl Pique Dame acoustic archtop guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 3xxx9; Finish: red/black burst, lacquer checking and various paint scuffs/blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: some mild wear; Hardware: generally good; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£150 - £250Sold£170StatusCLOSED Lot 4 Frank Allen (The Searchers)1950s Antoria acoustic archtop guitar; Finish: red/black burst with multi-band striped edges, lacquer checking, blemishes and scuffs as typical for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good, refret; Hardware: generally good, replaced nut; Other: vacant holes either side of the neck where a floating pickup used to be situated; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£150StatusCLOSED Lot 5 Frank Allen (The Searchers) 1950s Roger style acoustic archtop guitar, made in Germany; Finish: three-tone sunburst, lacquer checking, blemishes as typical for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Hardware: generally good; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£160StatusCLOSED Lot 6 Frank Allen (The Searchers) Late 1950s Framus Atlantis acoustic archtop guitar, made in Germany; Finish: amber burst, lacquer checking and minor blemishes but generally good for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Hardware: generally good, D and G tuner buttons replaced; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£80 - £120Sold£90StatusCLOSED Lot 7 Frank Allen (The Searchers) 1961 Framus 5/150 Star Bass hollow body bass guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 2xxx2; Finish: rose burst, various scuffs and blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£400 - £600Sold£550StatusCLOSED Lot 8 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1959 Hofner Senator electric archtop guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 8xx4; Finish: brunette, minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working, volume shaft seized; Hardware: good; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£280StatusCLOSED Lot 9 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1960 Hofner President acoustic archtop guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 6xx7; Finish: brunette, various imperfections including surface buckle rash to the back and pick wear to the table; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Hardware: generally good, slight bend to Compensator tailpiece; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£300 - £500Sold£260StatusCLOSED Lot 10 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1956 Hofner Committee acoustic archtop guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 2xx7; Finish: brunette, refinish to table and back of neck, various minor blemishes, lacquer checking; Fretboard: rosewood, some minor play wear to first position; Frets: generally good; Hardware: generally good, damage to D tuner button; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£400 - £600Sold£720StatusCLOSED Lot 11 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1959 Hofner President electric archtop guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 5xx4; Finish: blond, light checking, various blemishes and light surface scratches; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: period correct hard case; Overall condition: good * Sold with a photograph of Frank playing the guitar at home, with Bruce Welch playing Frank's Gibson Barney Kessel and Chip Hawkes playing Frank's Gibson L5 View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 12 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - Mid 1960s Hofner President E2 Thin hollow body electric guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 1xx3; Finish: blond, lacquer checking, minor blemishes and scuffs; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: neck pickup intermittent; Hardware: generally good; Case: soft bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£400 - £600Sold£400StatusCLOSED Lot 13 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - Hofner Club 40 electric guitar, made in Germany, circa 1961; Finish: brunette, lacquer checking and various other imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good, refret; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, replaced tuners; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£300 - £500Sold£400StatusCLOSED Lot 14 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1958 Hofner Club 50 electric guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 5x0; Finish: blond, lacquer checking, two knock marks to back, various other minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, G tuner button replaced; Case: original hard case; Other: original Selmer bill of sale; Overall condition: good * Sold with original bill of sale from Wiggs LTD. or Harrogate, 15th May 1958 View details Estimate£500 - £800Sold£520StatusCLOSED Lot 15 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - Hofner 126 Club 50 electric guitar, made in Germany, circa 1956; Finish: brunette, minor blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: later hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£600 - £1,000Sold£620StatusCLOSED Lot 16 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1961 Hofner Verithin hollow body electric guitar, made in Germany, ser. no. 5x5; Finish: red, lacquer checking and other blemishes as typical for age; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: attention required to neck pickup; Hardware: generally good, truss rod cover missing one screw, later fitted Bigsby vibrato tailpiece; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£400 - £600Sold£520StatusCLOSED Lot 17 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1960s Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar, made in USA; Back and sides: mahogany, various scuffs and surface scratches; Table: natural spruce, various minor blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: detachable DeArmond sound hole pickup; Hardware: generally good; Overall condition: good for age View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£300StatusCLOSED Lot 18 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - Ovation bowl back acoustic guitar, made in USA, circa 1977; Finish: two-tone sunburst, hairline cracks to lacquer; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: mild wear; Case: soft bag; Overall condition: fair View details Estimate£150 - £250Sold£150StatusCLOSED Lot 19 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1970s Gretsch Country Roc electric guitar, made in USA; Finish: natural back, tooled leather sides and orange top, minor imperfections; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: typical loss to gold plating; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Sold£1,700StatusCLOSED Lot 20 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1969 Gibson EB3 bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 1xxxx4; Finish: walnut, lacquer checking, various blemishes and scratches; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: missing string mute felt; Other: headstock repair; Case: semi-rigid hard case; Overall condition: fair * Sold with a photograph of Frank playing this guitar with The Searchers View details Estimate£600 - £1,000Sold£600StatusCLOSED Lot 21 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1959 Gibson EB2 hollow body bass guitar, made in USA, ser. no. A3xxx4; Finish: natural, refinish, minor blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good, refret; Electrics: working; Hardware: replaced D string tuner button, other three tuner buttons original although have typically shrunk; Case: fitted Paxman hard case; Overall condition: fair *Sold with CITES A10 certificate no. 573503/01 View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 22 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1961 Gibson Barney Kessel Standard hollow body electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 2xxx0; Finish: cherry sunburst, heavily faded to the front, still vibrant to the back and sides, appears to have a clear coat of lacquer over the original finish, various blemishes and scuffs, lacquer checking; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: mild wear; Electrics: working, original PAFs; Hardware: generally good; Case: later hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Sold£2,700StatusCLOSED Lot 23 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - Academy AB-900E electro-acoustic bass guitar, made in Korea; Back and sides: laminated mahogany, minor scuffs; Table: natural; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Case: gig bag; Overall condition: good *Used by Frank in various Searchers concerts for acoustic numbers View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£220StatusCLOSED Lot 24 Frank Allen (The Searchers) - 1992 ESP "Searchers" Custom Shop made bass guitar, ser. no. 90912; Finish: black, various imperfections including large blemishes, scuffs, buckle rash as to be expected for a gigging instrument; Fretboard: maple; Frets: heavily worn in places; Electrics: active EMG circuitry and pickups, working; Case: Hiscox hard case; Overall condition: good *Custom made by ESP Guitars for Frank Allen of The Searchers for their 30th anniversary. The original neck View details Estimate£600 - £1,000Sold£680StatusCLOSED Lot 25 1960s Vox Shadow electric guitar, made in England; Finish: red, minor imperfections; Fretboard: maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working, upgraded input jack; Hardware: good; Other: missing headstock logo; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£200StatusCLOSED Lot 26 1960s Vox Stroller electric guitar, made in England, ser. no. 6xxx0; Finish: sunburst, various blemishes and scuffs; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good, refret; Electrics: working; Hardware: replaced tuner buttons, replaced nut; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£130StatusCLOSED Lot 27 1960s Vox Clubman II bass guitar, made in England, ser. no. 4xxx2; Finish: red; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: untested; Hardware: good, replaced nut; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£170StatusCLOSED Lot 28 Vox M Series White Shadow electric guitar; Finish: white; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£60 - £100Sold£75StatusCLOSED Lot 29 1980s Vox Standard 24 electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 2xxxxx7; Finish: cherry, various blemishes, scuffs and surface scratches; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Overall condition: fair View details Estimate£150 - £250Sold£120StatusCLOSED Lot 30 1980s Vox Custom 25 electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 1xxxx8; Finish: natural maple and walnut, various blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Fender gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£160StatusCLOSED Lot 31 1980s Vox Custom 25 electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 1xxxxxx; Finish: natural maple and walnut, minor blemishes; Fretboard: maple; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Fender gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£160StatusCLOSED Lot 32 1980s Vox Custom 25 electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 1xxxx1; Finish: natural maple and walnut; Fretboard: maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Case: original hard case, handle missing; Overall condition: very good *This guitar appears to be in almost as-new condition with the plastic still intact on the back panel and is sold with an original Vox catalogue View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£160StatusCLOSED Lot 33 1980s Vox Custom 24 electric guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 1xxxxx5; Finish: walnut, minor blemishes; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, typical loss to gold plating, some oxidisation; Case: Westone hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£240StatusCLOSED Lot 34 1980s Vox Standard bass, made in Japan, ser. no. 1xxxx4; Finish: black, various surface scratches, lacquer imperfections and blemishes; Fretboard: maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Case: Westfield gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£80 - £120Sold£130StatusCLOSED Lot 35 1980s Vox Standard bass guitar, made in Japan, ser. no. 2xxxx8; Finish: black, imperfections including scratches and blemishes; Fretboard: maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£80 - £120Sold£130StatusCLOSED Lot 36 Danelectro '63 reissue longscale bass guitar, made in China, ser. no. 0xxxx0; Finish: black, minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£120StatusCLOSED Lot 37 Strativerius electric resonator guitar; Finish: sunburst, minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£30 - £50Sold£120StatusCLOSED Lot 38 Hofner HA-B07 electro-acoustic bass guitar, ser. no. J11xxxx96; Finish: natural; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: gig bag; Overall condition: good; together with a Hofner Contemporary Series Shorty electric guitar, red finish, soft case (2) View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£130StatusCLOSED Lot 39 Danelectro DC59 electric guitar, made in China, ser. no. 09xxxxxx92; Finish: black, minor marks; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£170StatusCLOSED Lot 40 Hohner Professional The Jack Bass Custom bass guitar, ser. no. 90xxx46; Finish: metallic red; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Freestyle hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£80 - £120Sold£260StatusCLOSED Lot 41 Spirit by Steinberger GT-Pro Deluxe electric guitar, made in Korea, ser. no. 10xxxxx30; Finish: black; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£100 - £200Sold£160StatusCLOSED Lot 42 Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500MCE/VS electro-acoustic guitar, ser. no. 13xxxxxx42; Back and sides: mahogany; Table: sunburst, minor dink to the top; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: TGI hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£200 - £400Sold£260StatusCLOSED Lot 43 Tanglewood Super 6 electric guitar, made in Korea, ser. no. 7xxxxx3; Finish: red sparkle; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: gig bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£120 - £180Sold£120StatusCLOSED Lot 44 Vox Phantom III Teardrop electric guitar, made in Italy; Finish: three-tone sunburst, scuffs, blemishes and other light surface marks; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: oblong hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 45 Washburn D-25STS acoustic guitar, ser. no. 94xxx22; Back and sides: mahogany, minor marks; Table: tobacco sunburst, minor dings; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Case: soft bag; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£50 - £100Sold£110StatusCLOSED Lot 46 Mid 1980s Fender contemporary HH electric guitar with System 1 bridge, made in Japan, ser. no. E5xxxx2; Finish: metallic pearl, various impact blemishes; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: oblong hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£350 - £400Sold£420StatusCLOSED Lot 47 Peavey Jerry Donahue Omniac JD electric guitar, ser. no. 5xxxxxx8; Finish: sunburst; Fretboard: birds eye maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: Roadrunner hard case; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£500 - £800StatusUnsold Lot 48 1980s Westone Clipper Series electric guitar, made in Japan; Finish: blue, minor imperfections; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, split to back control panel cover; Case: gig bag; Other: discolouration to back of neck; Overall condition: good View details Estimate£120 - £180StatusUnsold Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next