But, I am also to the place where I am adamantly opposed to selling any of my guitars for less than what I believe they are worth. Especially when I have very valid reasons WHY I believe they are worth what I think they are worth. (example I bought the guitar brand new three weeks ago for the 5 grand ballpark, haven't played it and now I want to sell it so I'm not letting it go for only $1500.00 just because it's "used".)
I feel your pain; in fact, I’ve felt your pain many times, and with pretty special instruments, no less!
But as we all know, the market drives price. You can only sell for what buyers are willing to pay, and the market is full folks in search of “steals.”
So if you’ve got a beautiful Private Stock you’ve lavished with the best care imaginable, and it’s still perfect, as-new, you’re still gonna take a big hit on it, no matter how ‘rare’, no matter how special, etc., at least until 50 years from now if the guitar somehow becomes the next ‘59 Burst.
Anyway, I’ll be very dead and my ashes will have been in some jar until they get thrown out with the trash at that point, and my kids will be senior citizens! So I’m not gonna get much now selling my one-offs and limited run PSes signed by the Man himself. It’s one reason I haven’t sold a couple to fund a Moog One, though as I mentioned, I love my guitars and can’t seem to part with any of them.
Just the way it is in the used guitar selling game. Buying’s fun, selling, well, not so much. .