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estebanana -> RE: Advice on 1966 Conde (Jan. 11 2015 0:06:53)
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What general area do you live in? It's probably a very desirable guitar, but you almost always do better if you oversee having it repaired than selling as is.
If the action is high and can't be lowered at the saddle take it to a good repairer for an in person evaluation of the problem. Then contact a few of the known dealers, I can recommend a few in private, for an estimate of a potential starting sales price. Make your calculations of whether it worth fixing based on more than one opinion.
The two main things: Vintage guitar that needs work will always get knocked by buyers. The market cycles up and down, but certain guitars hold more value over time.
In the flamenco market any 1960's Conde' is going to attract attention and especially a Rio Rosewood guitar. If the guitar can be authenticated to really be Brazilian rosewood, then be caution about selling it on open auction forums if you live in the US. It might be better to shop it privately because Brazilian has become a sensitive issue and you never know if anyone is tracking auctions and will bust you. If the guitar is old and you have the paper work, an original sales tag you should keep it and make color photo copies of it.
I would check with dealers about how they handle Brazilian guitars today, some may favor being more discreet in how it is advertized. Probably being over cautious here, but check it out first.
Hope that helps.
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