I've just been searching through my "Tracer" for something else entirely, and opened this old thread out of curiosity. Almost a year since I made the last post...

I had thought that the $2500 valuation of my old D-18, which cost either $299 or $399 (can't remember) back in 1969, was pretty good ~ until I saw that a NEW one is listed at $3349!

Apparently, a nice "vintage" well-played-in guitar is NOT any more valuable than one fresh from the factory.