I was looking at a 1936 copy of Melody Maker where I saw this ad, and knew I just had to share it with you guys. The guitarist in the ad is Harry Sherman, guitarist with Brian Lawrence and his Lansdowne Restaurant Orchestra, and he is seen here playing a Gibson Super 400 guitar.
The Gibson Super 400 was introduced just two years earlier in 1934 and was named after its price, as it originally sold for $400.
So of course, that set me wondering what a 1936 Gibson Super 400 might be worth today. Ebay UK offered up the following example from that year:
1936 Gibson Super 400 |
1937 Gibson Super 400 |
G L Wilson
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If I worked it out right a pound was worth 5 dollars in 1937 using an GB online inflation calculator IN todays money this guitar would cost nearly £16,000! (Using British Inflation) A US one puts it at about $6500. I don't know why they differ so much.
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