Well as a guitar player possibly you can appreciate this. I play classical guitar. I've played since I was a child and it's going on 50 years soon. The guitar in my avatar was made by the late New York Luthier, Manouk Papazian. When Papazian died in 2000, His son, John, found about 50 unfinished guitars in his father's house. Another New York state luthier, Davis LaPlante, a fan of Papazian's work was enlisted as the one to finish the guitars and sell them off. The last of them sold about 2 years ago. I got the last one. Though it was new and unplayed, the date written in white chalk on the inside was 1972. After almost 30 years it had a seam split in the soundboard. LaPlante cleated and glued it and it has been stable. But cosmetics being what they are in determining prices, LaPlante sold it to me with a case for $1650. Even in perfect condition Papazian's classicals for some reason, don't command much more than about $3500-4000. To make a long story short, the guitar I was playing that now sits in its case cost me $7000. I'll leave its maker's name out of this. Its chief virtue is loudness. Beyond that it's pretty to look at. The one with mojo at its best would be half as much but is worth far more than what I paid for it. One can look at price tags, but one can't play a price tag.
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