(UK) Larrivee C-09 Koa/Tambourine Girl

[TonyW]

I'm hoping admin will let it slide if I don't follow all the rules exactly.
About 12 years ago I inherited a Larrivee Guitar from my Father, a fairly well known TV & film stuntman here in the uk.
I'm not a great guitarist (or singer) but kept it for sentimental reasons. Recently my own health has deteriorated to the point the I can't play and sing at the same time. I also know that I won't get better.
Because of this I am seriously thinking of selling the guitar as it is a waste just sat there doing nothing. The trouble I have is there is almost no 2nd hand trade in Larrivee guitars here in the uk that I can see, Plenty of new ones get sold but very few 'older' ones appear on eBay or my localish guitar emporium so I have no way of knowing a value for it.
The Guitar is I believe a C-09. It has an 09 stamped on the neck by the serial number and has a sharp cutaway. As far as I can tell the back and sides are Koa and the top is Sitka. The fretboard is black in color but I don't know what wood. The headstock has a Girl playing a tambourine inlaid on it. There is one small dink near the edge on the top where the catch of a flight case caught it, and in a couple of places where the top meets the sides the laquer has been pushed down slightly caused by playing while drunk.  It also could do with new strings as the current ones are years old, (though I like the mellow sound they give) I'm not a guitar expert by any means but it looks straight and tidy apart from what I've mentioned. None of my kids play and so don't appreciate what it is.
The question is What is it worth? tough one I know. but ballpark figures would work. Oh and I have the Larrivee hard case as well. Any questions I'll do my best to answer.

[JOYCEfromNS]

Moved to this more appropriate board for discussions.

Oddly gloss Koa's do not come up for sale often around here  . I think Koa is getting more and more premium priced. Most around here will remember THIS ONE that took about 6 years to sell being last offered at $2100 US$ ( not sure what $ was accepted, would guess close to that, I felt the original $ was fair).

Larrivee in Europe I understand fetch a bit of a premium compared to North America but could take longer to sell ( hopefully not 6 years) maybe some of our UK & European Friends will chime in.

My guess -  start around 1400 GBP to feel the local market. Depends how fast you want to sell.



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[TonyW]

 



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[cke]

  Tony and that looks like a very sweet guitar!

Sorry to hear of your health issues. A bummer, my prayers for you.

Andrew's opinion for price seems valid to me.   You might send an email to Larrivee with the serial number. They will tell you it's build date and specs.