Hi Tony, welcome to the board!
If I may add a few comments to those above.
First, my observations agree with Bob's (bsee), who is one of the most astute obersvers of used Alembic market prices in our forum. As he stated, two years ago the average market price for a pre-1990 used S1 was less than $3,000. Indeed $3,000 was the upper limit. Since that time, prices have indeed tended to move up.
Second, many of the members of this forum watch used Alembic prices on Ebay and elsewhere daily and many have done so for quite some time. We have watched the ebb and flow of the market; and we as a group tend to have a bit of a feel for where the market might be at any given point in time.
Third, over the last couple years, the average market price for a used F-2B went from a fairly steady $400, to an average of $550, and then back down to an average of $450. A very wide fluctuation. Indeed, the market fluctuates significantly week to week as the number of buyers and sellers fluctuates week to week. Some weeks there are only a few basses listed; some weeks there are many. A week earlier or later and the results of your listing may have been different.
And fourth, one factor that increasingly tends to put downward pressure on prices is the increasing factor of Ebay fraud. We here in the group are constantly discovering and reporting fraud in Alembic listings on Ebay. But dispite our efforts, the unfortunate fact is that folks are now much less likely to bid on Ebay because of the high number of fraudulent listings. Less bidders means lower market prices.
Anyway, welcome again, and good luck whatever you decide to do.
