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Instruments hold value better than almost any consumer product — a decent guitar loses less to depreciation than any electronics, and vintage pieces appreciate. Brand, model, country of manufacture and originality set the price. The serial number tells the real story: same brand name can mean a $150 or a $15,000 guitar depending on year and factory.
US-made Fender/Gibson, Japanese 'lawsuit era' copies, and German/Czech orchestral instruments command premiums over modern Asian production of the same brands.
Serials date instruments precisely. Pre-CBS Fenders, 50s–60s Gibsons and golden-era pieces are a different asset class from the same models today.
Original pickups, finish and hardware matter enormously on vintage guitars — a refinish can halve value. On violins, the label inside is a starting clue (and often misleading).
Neck straightness, fret wear, cracks. Band instruments (trumpets, saxes, flutes) sell strongly serviced; student instruments are the liquid volume market.
Broad secondhand-market ranges to orient you — the exact value of your item depends on the precise model, edition and condition. Scan it for the real number.
Point your camera at the item. FlipTip identifies the exact model, edition and era, checks real listings on your country's marketplaces, and gives you a price range, a sell-speed score and a worth-it-or-skip verdict — before you buy or sell.
Brand + model + serial number (headstock or neck plate) gives year and factory. Scan it with FlipTip — it identifies the model and checks what that year and condition actually sells for.
Almost never — millions of factory violins carry copy labels ('Stradivarius model'). But old factory violins in good repair still sell for $100–$800, so the label being fake doesn't make it worthless.
Yes, honestly listed as repair projects: guitars with neck issues, horns with stuck valves and keyboards with dead keys all have buyers at 20–40% of working prices.
Thrift store, garage sale, flea market or your own attic — scan the item and know in seconds if it's a find or a pass.
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