How the Heck Do I Figure Out What My Old Guitar is (more or less) Worth?

[l***@gmail.com]

I have a twenty-yr-old Collings that I don't play anymore. I was thinking of offering it at a good price to my brother-in-law in San Jose who plays and is still a guitar 'enthusiast', not because I need the money but because I hate to think that it is going to just rot away in Mexico like an old box of books, after I die down here. But it occurs to me that I don't have the slightest idea what to give it to him for.
I did some googling but didn't find much that was helpful. Anybody who knows a decent resource for this, I'd appreciate it. I'm just looking for a ballpark.

Larry

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Post by l***@gmail.com
I have a twenty-yr-old Collings that I don't play anymore.
I was thinking of offering it at a good price to my brother-in-law
in San Jose who plays and is still a guitar 'enthusiast',
not because I need the money but because I hate to think that
it is going to just rot away in Mexico like an old box of books,
after I die down here. But it occurs to me that I don't have
the slightest idea what to give it to him for.
I did some googling but didn't find much that was helpful.
Anybody who knows a decent resource for this, I'd appreciate it.
I'm just looking for a ballpark.
Larry

Just a random thought - have it appraised.
< not for Insurance Value - but for actual value >
.. or put it up for sale at a few guitar sites -
" Best Offer " for 2 months.
After 2 months - offer it to the B-I-L for
a good price - relative to the best offer.
If he balks - sell it to the best offer.
John T.