That 77 Z was withdrawn from sale?

Guest

OK, who made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse? Smile

--Matt ;^]

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:03 pm

Maybe it will be in the newsletter?!?

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:23 pm

He could have just come to his senses and kept it. It could be worth much more in coming years. It certainly is a Dean investment piece.

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:34 pm

I was SO in on that axe! What happened??? Not very cool at all! I got sent an email but it's my work address and their having troubles with the outlook server so I can't get the reason for the withrawal remotely....or my password to the Dean site!

Chuck

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:38 pm

This is what is posted on Ebaaaaaaaay!

The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale.

Chuck

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:44 pm

You've gots ta register again Chuck. We all did.

Guest

I didn't buy it (although i intended to). elliott didn't buy (although he would have) dean z didn't buy it (although he did contact the seller, who never returned the call). i have a feeling that one of the following possibilities will be found to be true.

1. we will never know who the buyer was, nor will we know the price.

2. the guitar will resurface in the next few months when the buyer needs the cash.

3. the seller, who won't answer anyone's phone calls, never owned the guitar in the first place. he may have acquired the pics from someone who really owned the guitar. the whole sale may have been a scam.*

maybe when the forum is restored we will see some pics and get a report from a happy buyer who now owns one of the most collectible Dean guitars in existence. only time will tell.

*theory courtesy Mrs Brave Dave

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:27 pm

Or perhaps the missing 77 is related to the missing Dean Forum! It's a darstardly plot I tells ya!!!

*Theory courtesy of a maniac...*

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:36 am

I too would be intrested in this as I was Hi Bidder for quite some time and had approval from "The Lady That Let's Me Live With Her" to go much higher Twisted Evil

Yes--- It was 3k plus Wink

"Z"Man

Guest

well, as long as we are being honest here....I was planning on entering a high bid of $4500 in the last 10 seconds of the auction.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 5799

Seriously? Shocked

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:17 am

Brave Dave wrote:

well, as long as we are being honest here....I was planning on entering a high bid of $4500 in the last 10 seconds of the auction.

8)Would have been fun!!! Tie go's to the 1st bidder? It was gonna be my X-Mas present! Stupid Price on a piece of wood, but you can't have only 1 '77 Wink

Z Man

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 4381 Location: Vaasa, Finland

Hey 49th, i doubt your north of me.... I live in finland, try beating that! Twisted Evil

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 5799

I was up your way once Dim. I spent a few days in Murmansk back around 1980 or so. Ahh the good old days of the Cold War. I was "visiting" a university they had there that only taught US History and the English language. Rather odd wouldn't you say? Cool

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 4381 Location: Vaasa, Finland

Damn, that had to be cold! Smile

I like winter, i get to ski! Smile

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 4381 Location: Vaasa, Finland

The odd thing is that we dont have snow here... Of all places... Normally it would be like 30 cm snow here allready...But now theres none... Its +3 celcius here... Sad

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 8:58 am

Anonymous wrote:

Maybe it will be in the newsletter?!?

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Guest

I'm sure there's more to it. I'll bet someone here or affiliated with Dean got the guitar thru the ol' eBay backdoor and is keeping quiet about it. The seller had to promise not to divulge any info on the buyer. That's my theory. In a few days it will be hanging on someone's wall as part of their collection and it will be years before anyone finds out about it.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 303

GregCrowe wrote:

In a few days it will be hanging on someone's wall as part of their collection and it will be years before anyone finds out about it.

Yeah......... because that someone is probably YOU !!!!!

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 4381 Location: Vaasa, Finland

Hah, gotcha!

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 79 Location: Dayton, Ohio

This guitar, and the sale dissapearance, even received attention on the JCF forum. Conspiracy theories abound. Wink

Tim

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:14 pm

Back and to the left...back and to the left...

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 14462

I'm reluctant to say anything on this matter. However, my conscience will not rest until I tell what I know.

A few days ago, I was fiddling around with a camcorder we'd bought. I was sitting in the chair trying out some of the features, the zoom, etc. and that particular auction was on the PC screen. While the camera was running, Dani came in and hit the "reload" icon. When it reappears, the auction has ended and all bids have been cancelled.

A little while later, I was playing that tape through the TV to see the picture quality and how some of the things came out. When the tape got to the part where Dani hit "reload", there was a noticeable flicker on the screen. I hit the "stop" button on the camcorder and backed it up. Playing it again on slow-motion(kind of a frame-by-frame thing...), some odd things showed up. Something flashed up about a bid by someone with the eBay handle "GrassyKnoll" and another bid by "TexSchBookDep". The following frames show all mention of both bidders being erased, then the previous bids being cancelled.

I mentioned something to someone about this and, within a few hours, there was a knock on the door and guys in dark suits asking questions about the tape. They said things about it being a matter of national internet security, the possible existence of an internet government within a government, assorted conspiracy possibilities and something about a Vintage Dean-For-Cuban Cigars secret trade negotiation. Sounded like a lot of flapdoodle to me until they produced court documents to seize the tape.

Luckily, I'd already made a back-up copy. I'm guessing it will someday be known as the "jif6251 tape".

I'm prohibited from releasing the tape or showing it to anyone. Oliver Stone, however, has contacted me and will make a movie based on this event in a few years with some pretty shaky assumptions on the involved parties and motivations behind the cancellation of the auction.

Jim

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 393 Location: Lake Mary, Florida

I think it's in my lake. I looked over there and it looked like this big fooking headstock was coming out of the water... Shocked

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 4:49 pm

jim6251 wrote:

I'm reluctant to say anything on this matter. However, my conscience will not rest until I tell what I know.

A few days ago, I was fiddling around with a camcorder we'd bought. I was sitting in the chair trying out some of the features, the zoom, etc. and that particular auction was on the PC screen. While the camera was running, Dani came in and hit the "reload" icon. When it reappears, the auction has ended and all bids have been cancelled.

A little while later, I was playing that tape through the TV to see the picture quality and how some of the things came out. When the tape got to the part where Dani hit "reload", there was a noticeable flicker on the screen. I hit the "stop" button on the camcorder and backed it up. Playing it again on slow-motion(kind of a frame-by-frame thing...), some odd things showed up. Something flashed up about a bid by someone with the eBay handle "GrassyKnoll" and another bid by "TexSchBookDep". The following frames show all mention of both bidders being erased, then the previous bids being cancelled.

I mentioned something to someone about this and, within a few hours, there was a knock on the door and guys in dark suits asking questions about the tape. They said things about it being a matter of national internet security, the possible existence of an internet government within a government, assorted conspiracy possibilities and something about a Vintage Dean-For-Cuban Cigars secret trade negotiation. Sounded like a lot of flapdoodle to me until they produced court documents to seize the tape.

Luckily, I'd already made a back-up copy. I'm guessing it will someday be known as the "jif6251 tape".

I'm prohibited from releasing the tape or showing it to anyone. Oliver Stone, however, has contacted me and will make a movie based on this event in a few years with some pretty shaky assumptions on the involved parties and motivations behind the cancellation of the auction.

Jim

ROFLMAO!

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PresidentDave wrote:

GregCrowe wrote:

In a few days it will be hanging on someone's wall as part of their collection and it will be years before anyone finds out about it.

Yeah......... because that someone is probably YOU !!!!!

I sure wish it was!!! I had every intention of tossing a very large bid in at the end myself. I will say for the record that it wasn't me who backdoored it. I just wish whoever it was wouldn't be such an elitest collector type, with the guitar shrouded in mystery for all time.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 6:26 pm

When will these people learn. The only reason people offer $X to end an auction early is becase the KNOW somebody else will pay more! $5K? If I had it, I would have paid it and I know a few guys that feel the same way that DO!

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 6:46 pm

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:29 am

I was in Wisconsin last week.....and....

was thinking about that Z while I was eating turkey, but NO I didn't buy it, but I'm as curious as anyone to find out what is going on Wink