Billy3000 wrote:I wouldn't say $295 is that bad of a price for it. It seems like about the lowest you can find any old silvertone or Kay these days. And I've never seen another one of these for sale.
Seriously, yours looks like it's in great condition, and I really don't seem to find vintage silvertones in good condition for any less than $500ish these days.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:17 pm
by westtexasred
Billy3000 wrote:Seriously, yours looks like it's in great condition, and I really don't seem to find vintage silvertones in good condition for any less than $500ish these days.
Thanks man! The seller said this guitar used to belong to Bob Hope:
"Very Early Rare Circa. 1960's Robin Egg Blue Kay Silvertone Electric Guitar, that belonged to Bob Hope. The item was aquired by me last week from some local scrapers who were asked to clean out a trailer in storage. Belive it or not, the two scrappers with not more than a total of an eighth grade education between them, did not know who Bob hope was!. The trailer had an address to a New York Penthouse, it was filled with personal belongings such as suits, photos, Macys day parade items ect. The pickers threw most of the stuff in the trash because they were only interested in metal scrap. The guitar was just about the only thing they though was worth anything. They did not mention any of this until after our transaction was complete and I asked them where they got it! - One of them has a gold ring with the Hope family crest on it, Unbeliveable."
Yeah I can't believe it either but then I read this story on the web that Bob was a hoarder!:
"Own a piece of Bob Hope!!!
May 20th, 2008 under Auctions. [ Comments: none ]
Imagine owning a piece from Hollywood legend Bob Hope! Well come mid-October that could become a reality when his widow and daughter put up almost 800 things that once belonged to him up for auction according to AP!
"Dad was a pack rat," daughter Linda Hope told The Associated Press. "He loved to collect things. Even when he wasn't conscious of collecting, people would give him things. They would be brought home, listed, photographed and placed in storage. There are 11,000 items in his memorabilia collection."
Now keeper of the family flame, Linda Hope, 68, made the first public announcement of the Bob Hope Estate Auction on a recent sunny morning at the comedian's longtime compound in North Hollywood — 7 acres of mansion, office building, swimming pool, greenery and short-hole golf course. A selection of the items to be auctioned were spread atop two large tables.
"A lot of the things will go to the Library of Congress," Linda explained in a lounge where her father gave many an interview over lunch, including to this reporter. "Most of the paper goods will be going there, scripts and photographs and other things that Dad donated before he died. The Library isn't interested in three-dimensional items."
Wow! That is so nice of the family to do. I am so going to make sure to check Julien's Auctions for what items are up for sale and when. Bob Hope is such a legend it would be amazing to own something that once belonged to him. Of course with what I could afford it would probably be like a used handkerchief. "
So thanks for the memories Bob.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:53 pm
by Sloan
i guess that scene was based off one of the beach party movies eh?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:54 pm
by Sloan
Sloan wrote:i guess that scene was based off one of the beach party movies eh?
wow, it's retarded that i know this junk:
The 1996 movie That Thing You Do! touches briefly on the phenomenon, with the fictional music group The Wonders making an appearance in a beach party movie called Weekend at Party Pier.
Sloan wrote:i guess that scene was based off one of the beach party movies eh?
wow, it's retarded that i know this junk:
The 1996 movie That Thing You Do! touches briefly on the phenomenon, with the fictional music group The Wonders making an appearance in a beach party movie called Weekend at Party Pier.
