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@outdoorgator , I just sent you an email. In the future, you can just have people send you messages through your profile. That way you wouldn’t have to give your personal email out.
You’ll have a great backstory to the guitar at the very least.
I’d go back and tell the lady at the flea market that she’d be lucky to get $20. If the guitar were that age and worth more, then why did she have it buried under other items? Also her way of storing the item depreciated the value, because it led to cosmetic damage, possibly the structural damage, which could have been worse since it wasn’t a temperature and humidity controlled atmosphere.
I have a 1973 Guild F30 that was purchased for $100 at a garage sale back in the late 70’s. Turns out it is pretty valuable. Couple thousand. I was using it when I first began playing and with TAC, but then I figured I should probably keep it in its hard case most of the time so as not to damage it. I pull it out every couple of months just to check it, clean it, play it a little. It has a beautiful aged look to the wood.