Made me smile first thing this morning.
 
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/all-a17_3guitars.7240262apr15,0,800262.story
 
Made me wonder what the highest valuation an alembic has been assessed at?
 
Jazzyvee

To me, my Alembic is worth a million dollars.
 
slawie

$235K for a '59 LP?  I think that's nuts, but I've seen them listed at $600K.  What really caught my eye was the claim a 1982 Strat was worth $19.5K!!!  Move that decimal point one place left and maybe we can talk - if this was '82 & it was new; early 80s Fenders were, um, let's just say not prime examples of Leo's genius.
 
Peter

Jazzyvee:
 
The famous Wolf, Jerry Garcia's Alembic that is the basis for the Further design, (though it has also been claimed by Doug Irwin - several discussions of which are around here), sold at auction for $789,500, including the buyer's commission.
 
Bill, tgo

I am now new, improved, and snark free.
(Message edited by adriaan on April 16, 2010)
 
(Message edited by xlrogue6 on April 17, 2010)

Anyone who can sell a late 1970s-early '80s Strat for that kind of money is a superb con man.  And anyone who would pay that price is a prime sucker.
 
Barnum, it seems, is proven correct once again.